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induce | greater |

As a verb induce

is to lead by persuasion or influence; incite.

As an adjective greater is

comparative of great.

induce

English

Verb

(induc)
  • To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
  • *
    • , 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= 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. }}
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (to cause) bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke

    Antonyms

    * (logic) deduce

    Related terms

    * inducement * inducer * inducible * induct * induction

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    References

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    greater

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (great)
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.}}
  • Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area ; (of a city) metropolitan.
  • * 1990 , Geza Peter Lauter & Chikara Higashi, Internationalization of the Japanese Economy , ISBN 0792390520, p. 285
  • *:more than 25 percent of the country's population live there.
  • * 1997 , Virginia Boucher, Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook , ISBN 0838906672, p. 98
  • *:located in the greater Midwest.
  • * 2004 , Richard Alan Meckel & Heather Munro Prescott, Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health: A Historical Handbook and Guide , ISBN 0313330417, p. 201
    • The rate in isolated counties was about a third higher than in the greater metropolitan counties.

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