See induce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain 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.",
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"text": "The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain 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.",
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"ref": "2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:",
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"sense": "lead by persuasion or influence",
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
"word": "induire"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
"word": "inducir"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
"word": "dazu bringen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
"word": "induktar"
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
"word": "indusir"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
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"sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
"word": "peri"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
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"sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
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"roman": "induciram",
"sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
"word": "induzieren"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
"word": "indurre"
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"sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
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"sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
"word": "inducir"
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{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
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