Middle English Dictionary Entry
endūcen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | endūcen v. Also in-. |
| Etymology | L indūcere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. inducten v. Past participles in -duct might be regarded as belonging to either verb. Cp. also (especially for sense 5.) endeuen v. and the synonymous endouen v.
1.
To introduce (a custom, law, belief, state, etc.); to insert (something in a story or discussion) ~ in; (b) to introduce (plants), plant (a flower); to bring (sth.) in, cause to enter; enducen into.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)152b/b : Antidotez, wiþ which þe ende intente in cirurgie is induced [*Ch.(2): ladde] in to þe placez of þe subiecte.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)415/70 : Purposyng..[to] Induce a story longyng to this mateer.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)52/27 : Þe hote maliciows fire of envie, indvcynge in successiflyche werre and debate among hem selfe.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)55/34 : Oþir bi occasion of some aduersite Ibrowȝt and inducid in, oþer bi sekenes or deþe.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.117 : Leste that he scholde induce eny thynges erroneus into the churches.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.251 : The firste man inducenge hit [divorce] was callede Carbilius.
- c1475(1459) Pros.Yorkists in EHR 26 (Roy 17.D.15)521 : The rehersall made in your fyffete article inducynge a grete apparent inconvenyens of þe outewarde ennymes of þe royame.
- (1485) Paston (Gairdner)6.83 : The seid Henry Tidder..entendith also..to enduce and establisse newe lawes and ordenaunces amongez the Kynggs seid subjetts.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.534 : Yf they be rare, Me may hem thyke, endusyng plauntes mo.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)6.80 : Into a potte of erthe enduce a floure.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)131.460 (v.2:p.352) : He defendyd that neuere ne man into hys ordre shulde inducyn ner bryngyn temperal possessiounys.
2.
To bring about, cause, or produce (an effect), to lead to (a result); pass. to happen.
Associated quotations
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)51 : Ȝour daliaunce inducit ire and envie.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)66a/b : When a wonde forsoþ falleþ in to neruez it shal not bihoue for to induce flesh aboue.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)115a/a : It is demed þat scab or ycchyng induceþ vlcerez.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)62/16 : A medicyne laxatyue to purge corrupte humours þat induceþ þe flowyng.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.355 : Striff first inducid bi thi duplicite.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.282 : Enducyng colour that is pale.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.26.102b : Eueri thing þat werkith naturally, be saying of the Philosophre, enduceth the forme of him self.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.106 : The kynde of euery þing..Enducen moste [L agit] his kyndely propirte.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.145 : Dignite ne may not kyndely Inducen verrey cause of reuerence.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.261 : The olde Saxones..perceyvenge batelle to be inducede, made a gouernoure to theyme after as the chaunce scholde ffalle.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.121 : Lyke as a herte schutte for grete sorowe, and not opened soone, inducethe dethe, so the herte openede for grete ioye, and not schutte soone, inducethe dethe.
3.
(a) To induce, prompt, or persuade (someone to do something); (b) to initiate, introduce, or lead (someone to a belief, an attitude of mind, a state).
Associated quotations
a
- (1429) Proc.Privy C.3.343 : With greet difficultee and instance he hath treted and induced þe said Cardinal to goo.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.3458 : The rethoricien..Mut seeke weies & menys..Tenduce the parties to been of oon assent.
- (1443) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.23253 : Also that ye exhorte, sture, and induce..lay people..to do as they can and may theyre part.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.98v : The fifthe yer of his reaume he wente to Rome .., the remanant of his liff ther lyuynge in religion, And to that doyng namely enduced thurgh a vision that a knyght of his in the poynt of his deth seygh.
- (1448) Shillingford59 : He þen by the speche of the seid Radford..was ynduced to speke wyth Mayster Harry Webber.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)199/30 : Ful perylous it is to inducyn & steryn an-oþer to synne.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)188 : The Kyng was induced to condescend to her peticiones.
- (c1470) Stonor1.109 : My master wyll enduse them..that they schull put all maner of maturs uppon xij wurchypfull men of the same towne.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)43 : Theire noble actis in conquestis may the more vigorously endeuce you [etc.].
- c1480(1451) Let.Phil.Burgundy (Add 48031)140 [first example] : The king hathe herde .. the .. desire that his said cousin hathe .. to stire and enduce other Cristen princes to use and enploye the might whiche God hathe enduced hem with.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Lamb 633)191/12 : xije causes enduceth a man to loue his wif reissonnabli.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)27/81 : I shulde openly confesse howe pees might ben enduced to enden al the firste rancours.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)141/160 : This affeccion of wil by liberte of arbitrement is enduced to wilne thus thing that he shulde not.
b
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)78 : The possessiouneris of beggeris enducynge him [the Pope] herto, that the sacrament of the auteer is an accident withouten suget.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)36 : For as þei opunid synnis to þe peple & brout hem ine, so schal þei enduce hem in to peyn.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)6720 : Þan wyl I Inducyn hyre to oure byleue softly, Or ellys compellyn hyr by torment.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)356/23 : Evur sho talkid vnto hym wurdis to provoce hym to luste of his bodie, and yit be no wyse myght sho induce hym þerto.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)4 : Huntyng haukyng and fowlyng be so laborous & greuous þat non of them may performe to enduce a man to a mery spryȝt.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)99 : Anastasia fro þe tyme þat sche coude speke was induced on to þe feith, hir fader dwellyng still in his paganite.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)128.159 (v.2:p.334) : He and she togedyr with plesaunte suasiouns exhortyd and inductyd the peple that the memorye of the dampnyd prince of paynyms myht ben foryetyn.
4.
To adduce proof, to prove or demonstrate (a conclusion).
Associated quotations
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.176 : Yit resoun will enducen [L demonstrat] forthermore Be verry force þat in god perfightly Is verrey good.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.284 : Sith youre processe all aboute Be disputacioun so formally Concluded is, it may not be in doute Of þat ye will inducen sewyngly.
5.
~ with, to place (sb.) in possession of (power), endow.
Associated quotations
- c1480(1451) Let.Phil.Burgundy (Add 48031)140 [second example] : The king hathe herde .. the .. desire that his said cousin hathe .. to stire and enduce other Cristen princes to use and enploye the might whiche God hathe enduced hem with.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)117b/b : Þe blode renneþ to þe hert..& slockenþ þe hete of þe herte & induceþ sodeine deþe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)140b/a : When it is hurte, be cause of þe wounde of þe place, þe ennoye of him induceþ gret nocument in þe member.
Note: Additional quots. for sense 2.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL