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in·duce (in do̵̅o̅s, -dyo̵̅o̅s)

transitive verb -·duced, -·duc·ing

  1. to lead on to some action, condition, belief, etc.; prevail on; persuade
  2. to bring on; bring about; cause; effect to induce vomiting with an emetic
  3. to draw (a general rule or conclusion) from particular facts; infer by induction
  4. Physics to bring about (an electric or magnetic effect) in a body by exposing it to the influence or variation of a field of force

Etymology: ME enducen < L inducere < in-, in + ducere, to lead: see duct

induce Related Forms
in·ducer noun in·duc·ible adjective
induce Synonyms

induce

v.

  1. To prevail on

    persuade, convince, coax; see influence, urge 2.

  2. To cause

    produce, effect, provoke, bring about; see begin 1, cause 2.

induce Usage Examples

Object

  • apoptosis: It acts mainly by inducing apoptosis of APL cells.
  • abortion: Risk of breast cancer among young women: Relationship to induced abortion.
  • vomiting: This is about as twee as anything can be without inducing vomiting instantly, but hey, it works for me.
  • remission: The goal of treatment is to clear the skin and induce a remission for as long as possible.
  • ovulation: Treatments, according to need, include various methods of inducing ovulation, tubal microsurgery, or IVF.
  • trance: His concept is saying that within the bounds of our everyday experiences we are creating a self induced trance.

Subject

  • misrepresentation: All their Lordships held that the actual underwriter had to be induced by the misrepresentation or non-disclosure.
  • chemotherapy: Temporal central nervous system remission was induced by intrathecal chemotherapy only.
  • stimulation: Laminar profile of gamma oscillations induced by tetanic stimulation in rat hippocampal area CA1, Eur.

Adjective complement

  • flowering: It initiates seed germination & can inhibit or induce flowering.

Modifying Another Word

  • artificially: Here the condition is artificially induced to produce an ' animal model ' .
  • experimentally: Herbs that may be helpful An animal study showed that an extract of hawthorn significantly reduced the number of experimentally induced arrhythmias.
  • chemically: Members noted that mutations are found in all chemically induced cancers.
  • anthropogenically: How quickly do ecosystems adapt to natural and anthropogenically induced climate / global change?
  • mechanically: Crystals are also subject to aging and mechanically induced noise.

Infinitive complement

  • differentiate: Some of the advantages of the system arise from the ease and speed with which cells can be grown and induced to differentiate.

Present participle complement

  • sweat: In fevers, Ginger is able to induce sweating, thereby helping to reduce body temperature.

Preposition: by

  • misrepresentation: All their Lordships held that the actual underwriter had to be induced by the misrepresentation or non-disclosure.
  • chemotherapy: Temporal central nervous system remission was induced by intrathecal chemotherapy only.
  • stimulation: Laminar profile of gamma oscillations induced by tetanic stimulation in rat hippocampal area CA1, Eur.

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