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Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive.

Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to. A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. Milton.

By induction or inference.

An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.

The person who inducts another into an office or benefice.

An induction coil.

Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction.

To put on, as clothes; to draw on. The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. Sir W. Scott.

The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. W. Montagu.

n 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…

Indulgence. [R.] Wood.

The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control. If I were a judge, that word indulgence should never issue from my lips. Tooke. They err, that through indulgence to others, or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance anything less. Hammond.…

Indulgence. Dryden.

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. The indulgent censure of posterity. Waller. The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. Dryden.

Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church. Brevint.

In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. Dryden.

One who indulges. W. Montagu.

To indulge. [R.] Sandys.

Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet.

A privilege or exemption; an indulgence; a dispensation granted by the pope.