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2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism] Cowper.
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3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence. Shak.
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He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted. Paley.
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Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation. Dryden.
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4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by exposure to a allergen.
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Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves. Bacon.
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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.
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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..
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Syn. -- To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate.
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induced adj. brought about or caused; not spontaneous; as, a case of steroid-induced weakness. Contrasted to spontaneous. [Narrower terms: elicited, evoked ]
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Induced current. (Elec.) A current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor.
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Inducement (?), n. [From .]
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1. The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.
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2. That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil. “Mark the inducement.” Shak.
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3. (Law) Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.
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Syn. -- Motive; reason; influence. See .
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Inducer (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, induces or incites.
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2. Specifically: (Genetics) A substance which, when it contacts a living cell, causes the activation of a gene; as, non-metabolizable inducers are useful for studying the kinetics of genetic control systems.
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Inducible (?), a. 1. Capable of being induced, caused, or made to take place.
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2. Obtainable by induction; derivable; inferable.
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Induct (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inducting.] [L. inductus, p. p. of inducere. See .]
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1. To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.
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The independent orator inducting himself without further ceremony into the pulpit. Sir W. Scott.
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2. To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies.
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The prior, when inducted into that dignity, took an oath not to alienate any of their lands. Bp. Burnet.
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Inductance (?), n. (Elec.) Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction.

☞ The unit of inductance is the henry.
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Inductance coil. (Elec.) A choking coil.
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Inducteous (?), a. (Elec.) Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies.
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Inductile (?), a. [Pref. in- not + ductile: cf. F. inductile.] Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic; tough.
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Inductility (?), n. The quality or state of being inductile.
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Induction (?), n. [L. inductio: cf. F. induction. See .]
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1. The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.
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I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance. Beau. & Fl.
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These promises are fair, the parties sure,
And our induction dull of prosperous hope. Shak.
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2. An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue. [Obs.]
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This is but an induction: I will draw
The curtains of the tragedy hereafter. Massinger.
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3. (Philos.) The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached.
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Induction is an inference drawn from all the particulars. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals of a class, is true of the whole class, or that what is true at certain times will be true in similar circumstances at all times. J. S. Mill.
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4. The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities.
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5. (Math.) A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also successive induction.
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6. (Physics) The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact.
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Coloq. Electro-dynamic induction , the action by which a variable or interrupted current of electricity excites another current in a neighboring conductor forming a closed circuit. -- Coloq. Electro-magnetic induction , the influence by which an electric current produces magnetic polarity in certain bodies near or around which it passes. -- Coloq. Electro-static induction , the action by which a body possessing a charge of statical electricity develops a charge of statical electricity of the opposite character in a neighboring body. -- Coloq. Induction coil , an apparatus producing induced currents of great intensity. It consists of a coil or helix of stout insulated copper wire, surrounded by another coil of very fine insulated wire, in which a momentary current is induced, when a current (as from a voltaic battery), passing through the inner coil, is made, broken, or varied. The inner coil has within it a core of soft iron, and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; -- called also inductorium, and Ruhmkorff's coil. -- Coloq. Induction pipe , Coloq. Induction port , or Coloq. Induction valve , a pipe, passageway, or valve, for leading or admitting a fluid to a receiver, as steam to an engine cylinder, or water to a pump. -- Coloq. Magnetic induction , the action by which magnetic polarity is developed in a body susceptible to magnetic effects when brought under the influence of a magnet. -- Coloq. Magneto-electric induction , the influence by which a magnet excites electric currents in closed circuits.
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Coloq. Logical induction , (Philos.), an act or method of reasoning from all the parts separately to the whole which they constitute, or into which they may be united collectively; the operation of discovering and proving general propositions; the scientific method. -- Coloq. Philosophical induction , the inference, or the act of inferring, that what has been observed or established in respect to a part, individual, or species, may, on the ground of analogy, be affirmed or received of the whole to which it belongs. This last is the inductive method of Bacon. It ascends from the parts to the whole, and forms, from the general analogy of nature, or special presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater or less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or weakened by subsequent experience and experiment. It relates to actual existences, as in physical science or the concerns of life. Logical induction is founded on the necessary laws of thought; philosophical induction, on the interpretation of the indications or analogy of nature.
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Syn. -- Deduction. -- , . In induction we observe a sufficient number of individual facts, and, on the ground of analogy, extend what is true of them to others of the same class, thus arriving at general principles or laws. This is the kind of reasoning in physical science. In deduction we begin with a general truth, which is already proven or provisionally assumed, and seek to connect it with some particular case by means of a middle term, or class of objects, known to be equally connected with both. Thus, we bring down the general into the particular, affirming of the latter the distinctive qualities of the former. This is the syllogistic method. By induction Franklin established the identity of lightning and electricity; by deduction he inferred that dwellings might be protected by lightning rods.
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Inductional (?), a. Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive.
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Induction generator. A machine built as an induction motor and driven above synchronous speed, thus acting as an alternating-current generator; -- called also asynchronous generator. Below synchronism the machine takes in electrical energy and acts as an induction motor; at synchronism the power component of current becomes zero and changes sign, so that above synchronism the machine (driven for this purpose by mechanical power) gives out electrical energy as a generator.
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Induction motor. (Elec.) A type of alternating-current motor comprising two wound members, one stationary, called the stator, and the other rotating, called the rotor, these two members corresponding to a certain extent to the field and armature of a direct-current motor.
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Inductive (?), a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif. See .]
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1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.
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A brutish vice,
Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. Milton.
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2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]
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They may be . . . inductive of credibility. Sir M. Hale.
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3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
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4. (Physics) (a) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine. (b) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as, certain substances have a great inductive capacity.
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Coloq. Inductive embarrassment (Physics), the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction. -- Coloq. Inductive philosophy or Coloq. Inductive method . See Philosophical induction, under . -- Coloq. Inductive sciences , those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc.
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Inductively, adv. By induction or inference.
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Inductometer (?), n. [Induction + -meter.] (Elec.) An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
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Inductor (?), n. [L., one who stirs up or rouses. See .]
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1. The person who inducts another into an office or benefice.
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2. (Elec.) That portion of an electrical apparatus, in which is the inducing charge or current.
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Inductorium (?), n.; pl. E. Inductoriums (#), L. Inductoria (#). [NL., fr. E. induction.] (Elec.) An induction coil.

{ Inductric (?), Inductrical (?), } a. (Elec.) Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction.
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Indue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Induing.] [Written also endue.] [L. induere to put on, clothe, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + a root seen also in L. exuere to put off, divest, exuviae the skin of an animal, slough, induviae clothes. Cf. to invest.]
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1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.
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The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. Sir W. Scott.
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2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities.
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Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies. Dryden.
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Indued with intellectual sense and souls. Shak.
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Induement (?), n. [From ; cf. , .] The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. W. Montagu.
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Indulge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indulged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Indulging (?).] [L. indulgere to be kind or tender to one; cf. OIr. dilgud, equiv. to L. remissio, OIr. dligeth, equiv. to L. lex, Goth. dulgs debt.]
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1. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain; (a) when said of a habit, desire, etc.: to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations; (b) when said of a person: to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.
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Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly. Atterbury.
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2. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
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Persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners. Jer. Taylor.
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Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light
Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night! Pope.
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☞ It is remarked by Johnson, that if the matter of indulgence is a single thing, it has with before it; if it is a habit, it has in; as, he indulged himself with a glass of wine or a new book; he indulges himself in idleness or intemperance. See .
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Indulge, v. i. To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to. “Willing to indulge in easy vices.” Johnson.
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Indulgement (?), n. Indulgence. [R.] Wood.
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Indulgence (?), n. [L. indulgentia: cf. F. indulgence.]
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1. The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
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If I were a judge, that word indulgence should never issue from my lips. Tooke.
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They err, that through indulgence to others, or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance anything less. Hammond.
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2. An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
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If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly. Rogers.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
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Indulgence (?), v. t. To grant an indulgence to.
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Indulgency (?), n. Indulgence. Dryden.
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Indulgent (?), a. [L. indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of indulgere: cf. F. indulgent. See .] Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent. Shak.
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The indulgent censure of posterity. Waller.
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The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. Dryden.
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Indulgential (?), a. Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church. Brevint.
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Indulgently (?), adv. In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. Dryden.
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Indulger, n. One who indulges. W. Montagu.
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Indulgiate (?), v. t. To indulge. [R.] Sandys.
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Induline (?), n. [Perh. fr. indigo.] (Chem.) (a) Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet. (b) A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; -- called also aniline black.

{ Indult (?), Indulto (?), } n. [L. indultum indulgence, favor, fr. indultus, p. p. of indulgere: cf. It. indulto, F. indult. See .]
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1. A privilege or exemption; an indulgence; a dispensation granted by the pope.
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2. (Spain) A duty levied on all importations.
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Indument (?), n. [L. indumentum a covering. See , and cf. .] 1. (Zoöl.) Plumage; feathers.
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2. (Bot., Zoöl.) A dense covering, especially a hairy one; called also indumentum.
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Induplicate (?), a. (Bot.) (a) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in æstivation. (b) Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation.
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Induplicative (?), a. (Bot.) (a) Having induplicate sepals or petals in æstivation. (b) Having induplicate leaves in vernation.
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Indurance (?), n. [Obs.] See .
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Indurate (?), a. [L. induratus, p. p. of indurare to harden. See .]
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1. Hardened; not soft; indurated. Tyndale.
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2. Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.
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Indurate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indurated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Indurating (?).]
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1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.
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2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.
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Indurate, v. i. To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.
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Indurated (?), a. Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. Goldsmith.
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Induration (?), n. [Cf. F. induration, L. induratio hardness of heart.]
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1. The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.
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2. State of being indurated, or of having become hard.
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3. Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; lack of pliancy or feeling.
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A certain induration of character had arisen from long habits of business. Coleridge.
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Indusial (?), a. [See .] Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvæ of certain insects.
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Coloq. Indusial limestone (Geol.), a fresh-water limestone, largely composed of the agglomerated cases of caddice worms, or larvæ of caddice flies (Phryganea). It is found in Miocene strata of Auvergne, France, and some other localities.

{ Indusiate (?), Indusiated (?), } a. (Bot.) Furnished with an indusium.
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Indusium (?), n.; pl. Indusia (-ȧ). [L., an under garment, fr. induere to put on: cf. F. indusie the covering of the seed spots of ferns.] (Bot.) (a) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower. (b) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet. (c) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.
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Industrial (?), a. [Cf. F. industriel, LL. industrialis. See .] Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.
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The great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration. M. Arnold.
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