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11induce pain — index mistreat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12induce — (v.) late 14c., to lead by persuasions or other influences, from L. inducere lead into, bring in, introduce, conduct, persuade, from in into, in, on, upon (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + ducere to lead (see DUKE (Cf. duke) (n.)). Meaning to bring about …
13induce — [v] cause to happen; encourage abet, activate, actuate, argue into, breed, bring about, bring around, bulldoze*, cajole, cause, coax, convince, draw, draw in, effect, engender, generate, get*, get up, give rise to, goose*, impel, incite,… …
14induce — ► VERB 1) succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something. 2) bring about or give rise to. 3) produce (an electric charge or current or a magnetic state) by induction. 4) Medicine bring on (childbirth or abortion) artificially.… …
15induce — 01. Civil servants are being [induced] to take early retirement in order to make cuts to the government s budget. 02. The family physician said he was afraid that surgery could [induce] a heart attack. 03. The baby was over 2 weeks late, and had… …
16induce — [[t]ɪndju͟ːs, AM du͟ːs [/t]] induces, inducing, induced 1) VERB To induce a state or condition means to cause it. [V n] Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack. [V ed] ...an economic crisis induced by high oil prices. 2) VERB If you… …
17induce — in|duce [ınˈdju:s US ınˈdu:s] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: inducere, from ducere to lead ] 1.) formal to persuade someone to do something, especially something that does not seem wise induce sb to do sth ▪ Nothing would induce me to… …
18induce */ — UK [ɪnˈdjuːs] / US [ɪnˈdus] verb [transitive] Word forms induce : present tense I/you/we/they induce he/she/it induces present participle inducing past tense induced past participle induced 1) to cause something, especially a mental or physical… …
19induce — in|duce [ ın dus ] verb transitive * to cause something, especially a mental or physical change: Both treatments were effective in inducing remission of the disease. They hoped their work would induce social change. chemically induced mood… …
20induce — verb (T) 1 to make someone decide to do something, especially something that seems unwise: induce sb to do sth: Nothing would induce me to vote for him again. | What could have induced you to do such a ridiculous thing? 2 to make a woman give… …
