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Induced   /ɪndˈust/   Listen
Induced

adjective
1.
Brought about or caused; not spontaneous.  Antonym: spontaneous.



Induce

verb
(past & past part. induced; pres. part. inducing)
1.
Cause to arise.  Synonym: bring on.
2.
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.  Synonyms: cause, get, have, make, stimulate.  "My children finally got me to buy a computer" , "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
3.
Cause to occur rapidly.  Synonyms: hasten, rush, stimulate.
4.
Reason or establish by induction.
5.
Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes.  Synonym: induct.



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"Induced" Quotes from Famous Books



... justifies, in my opinion, the statement that when the President was led to submit the treaty to the Senate with the declaration that "the overthrow of the monarchy was not in any way promoted by this Government," and when the Senate was induced to receive and discuss it on that basis, both President and Senate ...
— Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 8, Section 2 (of 2): Grover Cleveland • Grover Cleveland

... particular Sabbath, which was very hot, after he had done whatever he intended to do, he dismounted from his horse, a tame old beast. Leaving it loose, he partook of the meal he had brought with him, which seems to have included a bottle of peach brandy that induced slumber. ...
— Marie - An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain • H. Rider Haggard

... south. The British, discouraged in their efforts to conquer the northern and middle colonies, sent a force of seven thousand men to take Georgia and South Carolina. They hoped that Washington, who could not be induced to risk his army in decisive action against superior numbers, would thus be compelled to scatter and weaken it. But the Commander-in-Chief, knowing how seriously Nature, his great ally, was gnawing at the vitals of the British, bided his time and kept his tried regiments ...
— In the Days of Poor Richard • Irving Bacheller

... be pointed out, in the first place, that if a nation be so situated that it is neither forced to defend itself by land nor induced to seek extension of its territory by way of the land, it has, by the very unity of its aim directed upon the sea, an advantage as compared with a people one of whose boundaries is continental. This has been a great advantage ...
— The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 • A. T. Mahan

... he had again induced to help him, were busy with test tubes, rubber hose, Bunsen flames, jars of water, and all that is required to ...
— Through Space to Mars • Roy Rockwood


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