indu

n. the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt; indubitableness.
Syn. -- indisputability, unquestionability, unquestionableness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. indubitabilis: cf. F. indubitable. See In- not, and Dubitable. ] Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an indubitable conclusion. -- n. That which is indubitable.

Syn. -- Unquestionable; evident; incontrovertible; incontestable; undeniable; irrefragable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being indubitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Undoubtedly; unquestionably; in a manner to remove all doubt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oracles indubitably clear and infallibly certain. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. indubitatus, p. p. of indubitare; pref. in- in + dubitare to doubt. ] To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To conceal, or indubitate, his exigency. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indubitatus; pref. in- not + dubitatus, p. p. of dubitare to doubt. ] Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To lead in; to introduce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw on; to overspread. [ A Latinism ] Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by exposure to a allergen. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physics) To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.

7. (Genetics, Biochemistry) To cause the expression of (a gene or gene product) by affecting a transcription control element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative control or by activating a positive control; to derepress; as, lactose induces the production of beta-galactosidase in Eschericia coli.. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. brought about or caused; not spontaneous; as, a case of steroid-induced weakness. Contrasted to spontaneous. [ Narrower terms: elicited, evoked ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]