Hypertext Webster Gateway: "induced"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Induce \In*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Induced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inducing}.] [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere
to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Induct}.]
1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]

The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the
first Iliad. --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

induced
adj : brought about or caused; not spontaneous; "a case of
steroid-induced weakness" [ant: {spontaneous}]


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