superinduce

American  

[soo-per-in-doos, -dyoos] / ˌsu pər ɪnˈdus, -ˈdyus /

verb (used with object)

superinduced, superinducing

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

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superinduce British  

/ ˌsuːpərɪnˈdʌkʃən, ˌsuːpərɪnˈdjuːs /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• superinducement
  noun
• superinduction
  noun

Etymology

Origin of superinduce

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

Example Sentences

It is only the romance, the adventure; and such moonlight nights often superinduce sentimentality.

From Hearts and Masks by MacGrath, Harold

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.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

You cannot close your shutters and light your candles; that in the tone of mind which circumstances superinduce would be brutality.

From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Smith, Alexander

The way to render human beings of any class despicable is to undervalue them; for disesteem will superinduce degeneracy.

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Cox, Francis Augustus

The rank, aqueous fodders grown on such soils are other causes, but these again are calculated to undermine the character of the nervous and sanguineous temperament and to superinduce the lymphatic.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.