All 3 Uses of
induce
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- No amount of sighing could induce Atticus to let us spend Christmas day at home.
p. 88.6 *induce = persuade
- Instead, Maycomb grew and sprawled out from its hub, Sinkfield's Tavern, because Sinkfield reduced his guests to myopic drunkenness one evening, induced them to bring forward their maps and charts, lop off a little here, add a bit there, and adjust the center of the county to meet his requirements.
p. 148.5induced = persuaded
- Atticus very quickly induced him to tell us:
p. 216.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(induce as in: induce symptoms) to cause something to arise or happen
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(2)
(induce as in: induce her to) to successfully persuade somebody to do something