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Verb induce has 5 senses
- induce, bring on - cause to arise; "induce a crisis"
--1 is one way to generate, bring forth
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make - cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
Sample sentence:
They induce him to write the letter
- induce, stimulate, rush, hasten - cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
--3 is one way to effect, effectuate, bring about, set up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- induce - reason or establish by induction
--4 is one way to reason, reason out, conclude
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- induce, induct - produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
--5 is one way to produce, bring about, give rise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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