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Induce   /ɪndˈus/   Listen
Induce

verb
(past & past part. induced; pres. part. inducing)
1.
Cause to arise.  Synonym: bring on.
2.
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.  Synonyms: cause, get, have, make, stimulate.  "My children finally got me to buy a computer" , "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
3.
Cause to occur rapidly.  Synonyms: hasten, rush, stimulate.
4.
Reason or establish by induction.
5.
Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes.  Synonym: induct.



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... celebrated philanthropist Montefiore went to Russia, in 1848, to induce the Czar's government to ameliorate the civil condition of the Jews and grant reforms in the conduct of the schools, Lebensohn ranged himself publicly on the side of the reformers. According to him, the degradation of the Jews was due to ...
— The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) • Nahum Slouschz
... be expected the Rebels would favor the enterprise. They had prophesied the negro would not work when free, and were determined to break up any effort to induce him to labor. They were not even willing to give him a fair trial. Late in June they visited the plantations at ...
— Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field • Thomas W. Knox
... same longing to behold him. This was about to be gratified. Then there was my cousin Milicent, about my own age. My life had been so lonely, that I had acquired none of those artificial habits that induce the fine-lady nature—a second, and not always a very amiable one. She had lived a solitary life, like me. What rambles and readings we should have together! what confidences and castle-buildings! and then there was a new country and a fine old place, and the ...
— Uncle Silas - A Tale of Bartram-Haugh • J.S. Le Fanu
... armies. To counteract this formidable confederacy, the English sent a fleet of 18 sail of the line, with a few frigates, and a number of bomb-vessels and gunboats, in the first place to attack the Danish fleet, and then to take in hand the other two confederates. After many delays, and attempts to induce the Danes to come to terms, on the 2nd of April, 1801, a portion of the fleet, which had been intrusted by Sir Hyde Parker to Lord Nelson, appeared before Copenhagen, and commenced an attack on the floating batteries and forts prepared by ...
— How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves - Updated to 1900 • W.H.G. Kingston
... or sonometer applied to determining the quality of a person's hearing (See Hughes' Induction Balance,—Audiometer). The central coil by means of a tuning fork and microphone with battery receives a rapidly varying current tending to induce currents in the other two coils. Telephones are put in circuit with the latter and pick up sound from them. The telephones are applied to the ears of the person whose hearing is to be tested. By ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone


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