induce

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
  2. (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
  3. (transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
  4. To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
  5. (transitive) To infer by induction.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
  7. (obsolete, transitive) To draw on, place upon.

Opuesto a
deduce
Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɪnˈduːs/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.

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