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Dictionary Results for inducing:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

inducing
    n 1: act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of
         sleep" [syn: inducement, inducing]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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