Induce
verb
To cause or bring about something to happen.
The bright lights induced her to squint.
Often appears as...
- induce sleep
- induce panic
verb
To cause a specific physical or mental state.
The drug will induce sleep.
Often appears as...
- induce anesthesia
- induce coma
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Technical
verb
To persuade or influence someone to do something.
They tried to induce him to accept the offer.
Often appears as...
- induce acceptance
- induce decision
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Formal
verb
To produce an electric current or a magnetic state by an changing magnetic field.
The generator induces a current in the circuit.
Often appears as...
- induce current
- induce magnetism
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Technical
verb
To bring on childbirth by stimulating uterine contractions.
The doctor decided to induce labor.
Often appears as...
- induce labor
- induce delivery
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Technical
verb
To cause or bring about something to happen.
The bright lights induced her to squint.
Often appears as...
- induce sleep
- induce panic
verb
To cause a specific physical or mental state.
The drug will induce sleep.
Often appears as...
- induce anesthesia
- induce coma
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To persuade or influence someone to do something.
They tried to induce him to accept the offer.
Often appears as...
- induce acceptance
- induce decision
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To produce an electric current or a magnetic state by an changing magnetic field.
The generator induces a current in the circuit.
Often appears as...
- induce current
- induce magnetism
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To bring on childbirth by stimulating uterine contractions.
The doctor decided to induce labor.
Often appears as...
- induce labor
- induce delivery
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Cause and Effect
Use 'induce' when emphasizing the effect of one action causing another to occur.
The comedian's jokes induced uncontrollable laughter among the audience.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Immediate
'Induce' often implies a process or a gradual result, not an instant outcome.
Years of pollution induced significant changes in the climate.
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Why do we feel...
nostalgia doesn't generally put people in a negative mood. Instead, by allowing individuals to remember personally meaningful and rewarding experiences they shared with others, nostalgia can boost psychological well-being. Studies have shown that inducing nostalgia in people
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Expanding your mind with...
right well yeah because I think that that the aesthetics matter music music matters editing matters presentation is very important because you need to induce that sort of aesthetic arrest you know we want to be just just transformed catharsis is is very important to me
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Elephants Being...
They've also been seen to self-medicate, for example, chewing the leaves of medicinal trees to induce labour. These are skills a baby must learn and in turn pass on to the next generation. In fact, the saying an elephant never forgets is not so far from the truth.
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Why do you get a fever...
But why does your body do this? While the jury's still out on how higher temperatures directly affect pathogens, it seems that fever's main effect is in rapidly inducing a whole-body immune response. Upon exposure to raised internal temperatures,
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Sir David Attenborough...
of leisure well camouflaged solidly chewing leaves giving your offspring a good start in life can take a lot of effort so some insects have evolved highly complex strategies to induce other species to become nurse maids on their behalf
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How CRISPR lets us edit...
by just a tiny change at one gene in the entire genome, and they're otherwise completely normal. And when we sequence the DNA from these animals, we find that the change in the DNA has occurred at exactly the place where we induced it,
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
using a process called grafting to create this variety that's half tomato and half potato. Breeders have also used other types of genetic techniques, such as random mutagenesis, which induces uncharacterized mutations
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Life of Insects PIPE...
camouflaged stolid the chirring leaves giving your offspring a good start in life can take a lot of effort so some insects have evolved highly complex strategies to induce other species to
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CIA Mind Control PIPE CIA...
the search for a real-life manchurian candidate begins to produce such an assassin the cia faces two main challenges how to induce amnesia and how to program new behavior
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Barbed Cat Penis PIPE...
scraped the walls of the vagina the barbs have two functions they help scratch out any competing sperm from previous matings and they also induce
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Why do we feel...
nostalgia doesn't generally put people in a negative mood. Instead, by allowing individuals to remember personally meaningful and rewarding experiences they shared with others, nostalgia can boost psychological well-being. Studies have shown that inducing nostalgia in people
Video examples
Expanding your mind with...
right well yeah because I think that that the aesthetics matter music music matters editing matters presentation is very important because you need to induce that sort of aesthetic arrest you know we want to be just just transformed catharsis is is very important to me
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Elephants Being...
They've also been seen to self-medicate, for example, chewing the leaves of medicinal trees to induce labour. These are skills a baby must learn and in turn pass on to the next generation. In fact, the saying an elephant never forgets is not so far from the truth.
Video examples
Why do you get a fever...
But why does your body do this? While the jury's still out on how higher temperatures directly affect pathogens, it seems that fever's main effect is in rapidly inducing a whole-body immune response. Upon exposure to raised internal temperatures,
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
of leisure well camouflaged solidly chewing leaves giving your offspring a good start in life can take a lot of effort so some insects have evolved highly complex strategies to induce other species to become nurse maids on their behalf
Video examples
How CRISPR lets us edit...
by just a tiny change at one gene in the entire genome, and they're otherwise completely normal. And when we sequence the DNA from these animals, we find that the change in the DNA has occurred at exactly the place where we induced it,
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
using a process called grafting to create this variety that's half tomato and half potato. Breeders have also used other types of genetic techniques, such as random mutagenesis, which induces uncharacterized mutations
Video examples
Life of Insects PIPE...
camouflaged stolid the chirring leaves giving your offspring a good start in life can take a lot of effort so some insects have evolved highly complex strategies to induce other species to
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CIA Mind Control PIPE CIA...
the search for a real-life manchurian candidate begins to produce such an assassin the cia faces two main challenges how to induce amnesia and how to program new behavior
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Barbed Cat Penis PIPE...
scraped the walls of the vagina the barbs have two functions they help scratch out any competing sperm from previous matings and they also induce
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Ameen Rihani
Lebanese Writer
Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue.
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Lawrence Kohlberg
American Educator
The unit of effectiveness of education is not the individual but the group. An individual's moral values are primarily important for society as they contribute to a moral social climate, not as they induce particular pieces of behavior.
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Mark Batterson
American Clergyman
Too often the word 'prayer' induces guilt because we don't do enough of it. After all, I've never met anyone who said they pray too much! All of us fall short. And we often feel like our prayers fall flat.
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Chuck Norris
American Actor
Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive pathway through life's daily frustrations.
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Judith Martin
American Author
Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.
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Marilyn vos Savant
American Writer
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
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Victoria Osteen
American Clergyman
It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
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Benjamin Banneker
American Scientist
I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.
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B. H. Liddell Hart
British Historian
Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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Roger Clemens
American Athlete
If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.
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Ameen Rihani
Lebanese Writer
Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue.
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Lawrence Kohlberg
American Educator
The unit of effectiveness of education is not the individual but the group. An individual's moral values are primarily important for society as they contribute to a moral social climate, not as they induce particular pieces of behavior.
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Mark Batterson
American Clergyman
Too often the word 'prayer' induces guilt because we don't do enough of it. After all, I've never met anyone who said they pray too much! All of us fall short. And we often feel like our prayers fall flat.
Quote examples
Chuck Norris
American Actor
Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive pathway through life's daily frustrations.
Quote examples
Judith Martin
American Author
Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.
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Marilyn vos Savant
American Writer
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
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Victoria Osteen
American Clergyman
It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
Quote examples
Benjamin Banneker
American Scientist
I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.
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B. H. Liddell Hart
British Historian
Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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Roger Clemens
American Athlete
If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.
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