Definitions for induces

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induces in·duce

Spelling: [in-doos, -dyoos]

IPA: /ɪnˈdus, -ˈdyus/

Induces is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in induces (cdeinsu).

Definitions for induces

verb (used with object)

1. to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
2. to bring about, produce, or cause:
3. Physics. to produce (an electric current) by induction.
4. Logic. to assert or establish (a proposition about a class of phenomena) on the basis of observations on a number of particular facts.
5. Genetics. to increase expression of (a gene) by inactivating a negative control system or activating a positive control system; derepress.
6. Biochemistry. to stimulate the synthesis of (a protein, especially an enzyme) by increasing gene transcription.

Origin of induces

1325-75; Middle English Latin indūcere to lead or bring in, introduce, equivalent to in- in-² + dūcere to lead; cf. adduce,

Examples for induces

And, between ourselves, it is that which induces me to doubt sometimes the truth of my opinions.

What induces the Utopian child to work is, in brief, delight in his work.

It is fear alone which induces them to obey the will of their masters.

Is it only affection for your feathered friends that induces you to make me the offer?

If its stimulus be greater, it then induces pain at the neck of the bladder.

At the extreme in this genre is ECT, or shock therapy, which induces seizures—and is typically used as a last resort.

There is a fear that is a punishment of former wickednesses, and induces more.

What induces the butterfly to lay its eggs on leaves when itself feeds on honey?

By their stimulus, which induces the absorbent vessels to imbibe them.

Water80 not only flushes the system but it induces perspiration.