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inducing
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Inducing
(gcide) | Induce \In*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Induced; p. pr. & vb.
n. Inducing.] [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere
to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.]
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1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]
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The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the
first Iliad. --Pope.
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2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism] --Cowper.
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3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to
persuade; to move by persuasion or influence. --Shak.
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He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . .
though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon,
tempted. --Paley.
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Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce
you to ruin your reputation. --Dryden.
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4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by
fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by
exposure to a allergen.
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Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves.
--Bacon.
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5. (Physics) 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.
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6. (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all
the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
7. (Genetics, Biochemistry) 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;
as, lactose induces the production of beta-galactosidase
in Eschericia coli..
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Syn: To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press;
influence; actuate.
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inducing
(wn) | inducing
n 1: act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of
sleep" [syn: inducement, inducing] |
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