different between incline vs induce

English

Alternative forms

• encline (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin incl?n? (“incline, tilt”), from in- + cl?n? (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *?ley- (English lean).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?n
• (verb) enPR: ?nkl?n', IPA^(key): /?n?kla?n/
• (noun) enPR: ?n'kl?n, IPA^(key): /??n.kla?n/

Verb

incline (third-person singular simple present inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined)

1. (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

2. (intransitive) To slope.

3. (chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

   • "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."

   • 1966, J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, p.170:

     The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters. […] Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs, […].

Related terms

• inclination

Translations

Noun

incline (plural inclines)

1. A slope.

   To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

Related terms

• climate
• cline
• decline
• recline

Translations

Further reading

• incline in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• incline in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• incline at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• -nicline

French

Verb

incline

1. first-person singular present indicative of incliner
2. third-person singular present indicative of incliner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
5. second-person singular imperative of incliner

Galician

Verb

incline

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar

Italian

Adjective

incline (plural inclini)

1. inclined, prone

   Synonyms: facile, propenso

Portuguese

Verb

incline

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
3. third-person singular imperative of inclinar

Spanish

Verb

incline

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of inclinar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin ind?cere, present active infinitive of ind?c? (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + d?c? (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?du?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dju?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Verb

induce (third-person singular simple present induces, present participle inducing, simple past and past participle induced)

1. (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
2. (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
3. (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
4. (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (lead by persuasion or influence): entice, inveigle, put someone up to something
• (to cause): bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke

Antonyms

• (logic): deduce

Related terms

Translations

References

• induce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “induce”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• uniced

Italian

Verb

induce

1. third-person singular indicative present of indurre

Latin

Verb

ind?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ind?c?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ind?cere, present active infinitive of ind?c?, with senses based off French induire.

Verb

a induce (third-person singular present induce, past participle indus) 3rd conj.

1. to induce, incite, cause or push to do something

Conjugation

Synonyms

• împinge, îndemna

Related terms

• duce

Spanish

Verb

induce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of inducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of inducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of inducir.