superinduce

[ soo-per-in-doos, -dyoos ]

verb (used with object)

, su·per·in·duced, su·per·in·duc·ing.

1. to bring in or induce as an added feature, circumstance, etc.; superimpose.

superinduce

/ ˌsuːpərɪnˈdʌkʃən; ˌsuːpərɪnˈdjuːs /

verb

1. tr to introduce as an additional feature, factor, etc

Derived Forms

• ˌsuperinˈducement, noun
• superinduction, noun

Other Words From

• su·per·in·duc·tion [soo-per-in-, duhk, -sh, uh, n], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of superinduce¹

From the Latin word superindūcere, dating back to 1545–55. See super-, induce

Example Sentences

Those who use the sinews of men, that is, of other men, for their own speculative purposes, and actually abhor the use of the very things they sell, should be careful of the exciting, inciting, or foolish words they utter, lest their language should superinduce others to use those articles in which their traffic is, to their own destruction.

From Project Gutenberg

Superinduce, sū-pėr-in-dūs′, v.t. to bring in over and above something else, to superadd.—ns.

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Strangers at first find these artificial currents very apt to superinduce headache, until continued residence makes him regard the punkah as a most necessary article of furniture.

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One of them we nicknamed at once the Evil One; he had the most excruciatingly wicked face imaginable—and the terror of it was considerably heightened when he tried to superinduce a conciliating smile on his hideous expression of wickedness.

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We called it 'the Village' then, and it was essentially an English village—quiet, unspeculative, without enterprise, sufficing to itself, and only showing such differences from the original type as the public school and the system of town government might superinduce.

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