Beget vs Induce - What's the difference?
beget | induce | Related terms |
To cause; to produce.
To father (rarely: to mother); to sire; to produce (a child).
To happen to; befall.
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
To cause, bring about, lead to.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 20, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club
, title= (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
(logic) To infer by induction.
(obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
(obsolete) To draw on, place upon.
Beget is a related term of induce.
As verbs the difference between beget and induce
is that beget is to cause; to produce while induce is to lead by persuasion or influence; incite.beget
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* , Genesis 5:3 *: And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: * {{quote-web, date=2012-02-01 , author=Kathy Gilbert, title=Pitching In, site=Chatter Chattanoogacitation, passage=Rugby football was created in the early 1800s at England’s all-boys Rugby School. The sport begat American football, Gaelic football, Australian rules football and Association football (aka soccer).}}
See also
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* * English irregular verbsinduce
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(induc)TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992), passage=A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy. }}