Induce

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  • transitive verb. To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion. synonym: persuade.
  • transitive verb. To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause.
  • transitive verb. To infer by inductive reasoning.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To produce (an electric current or a magnetic charge) by induction.
  • transitive verb. To produce (radioactivity, for example) artificially by bombardment of a substance with neutrons, gamma rays, and other particles.
  • transitive verb. To initiate or increase the production of (an enzyme or other protein) at the level of genetic transcription.
  • transitive verb. To cause an increase in the transcription of the RNA of (a gene).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lead in; bring in; introduce.
  • To draw on; place upon.
  • To lead by persuasion or influence; prevail upon; incite.
  • To lead to; bring about by persuasion or influence; bring on or produce in any way; cause: as, his mediation induced a compromise; opium induces sleep.
  • In physics, to cause or produce by proximity without contact or apparent transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body which is in an opposite electric or magnetic state.
  • To infer by induction.
  • Synonyms and Impel, Induce, etc. See actuate, and list under incite.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To lead in; to introduce.
  • transitive verb. To draw on; to overspread.
  • transitive verb. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence.
  • transitive verb. To bring on; to effect; to cause.
  • transitive verb. To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state.
  • transitive verb. To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
  • transitive verb. To cause the expression of (a gene or gene product) by affecting a transcription control element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative control or by activating a positive control; to derepress.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
  • verb. To cause, bring about, lead to.
  • verb. To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
  • verb. To infer by induction.
  • verb. To lead in, bring in, introduce.
  • verb. To draw on, place upon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
  • verb. reason or establish by induction
  • verb. cause to occur rapidly
  • verb. cause to arise
  • verb. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
  • Word Usage
    "Up until that point, however, all I have to go on is the little pieces our host and others have quoted, and what I can induce from the counter-arguments that have been presented."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    deduce  
    cross-reference
    cause  infer  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    bring  compel  decide  encourage  inspire  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bruce  Chartreuse  Duce  Luce  Seuss  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    actuate  admonish  affect  argue  arouse  
    verb-form