INDUCING

inducement, inducing

(noun) act of bringing about a desired result; “inducement of sleep”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

inducing

present participle of induce

Adjective

inducing (comparative more inducing, superlative most inducing)

That induces; inductive

Anagrams

• Gundinci

Source: Wiktionary


INDUCE

In*duce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Induced; p. pr. & vb. n. Inducing.] Etym: [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.]

1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.] The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. Pope.

2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism] Cowper.

3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence. Shak. He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted. Paley. Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation. Dryden.

4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure. Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves. Bacon.

5. (Physics)

Definition: 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.

6. (Logic)

Definition: To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.

Syn.

– To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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