induce

Senso (Inglese)

  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.

Opposto di
deduce
Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɪnˈduːs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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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