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induce

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Etymology

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From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.

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Verb

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induce (third-person singular simple present induces, present participle inducing, simple past and past participle induced)

  1. (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
    Synonyms: entice, inveigle, put someone up to something
  2. (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
    Synonyms: bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke; see also Thesaurus:incite
    His meditation induced a compromise.   Opium induces sleep.
  3. (transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
    • 2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy cow about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream.
  4. (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
    • 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
      The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.
  5. (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
    Antonym: deduce
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Galician

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Verb

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induce

  1. inflection of inducir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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induce

  1. third-person singular present indicative of indurre

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Latin

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indūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of indūcō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin indūcere, with senses based off French induire. First attested in 1875.

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a induce (third-person singular present induce, past participle indus) 3rd conjugation

  1. (transitive, literary) to induce, incite, cause or push to do something
    a induce în eroare ― to mislead
  2. (transitive, literary) to induce (bring about, cause)
  3. (logic) to induce (infer by induction)
  4. (transitive, physics) to induce (produce by induction)

Conjugation

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    conjugation of induce (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
infinitive a induce
gerund inducând
past participle indus
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present induc induci induce inducem induceți induc
imperfect induceam induceai inducea induceam induceați induceau
simple perfect indusei induseși induse induserăm induserăți induseră
pluperfect indusesem induseseși indusese induseserăm induseserăți induseseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să induc să induci să inducă să inducem să induceți să inducă
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative indu induceți
negative nu induce nu induceți

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Spanish

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Verb

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induce

  1. inflection of inducir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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