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inducement|ɪnˈdjuːsmənt|
Also 7–8 en-.
[f. as prec. + -ment.]
†1. The action of inducing or moving by persuasion or influence. Obs.
1601Shakes. All's Well iii. ii. 91 A verie tainted fellow, and full of wickednesse, My sonne corrupts a well deriued nature With his inducement. 1648Milton Observ. Art. Peace Wks. (1851) 569 And this in all likelihood by the inducement and instigation of these Representers.
2. That which induces; something attractive by which a person is led on or persuaded to action.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, iv. iv. 279 If this inducement moue her not to loue Send her a Letter of thy Noble deeds. 1632A. Grosse (title) Sweet and Sowle-Perswading inducements, leading unto Christ. 1687Dryden Hind & P. ii. 673 Coarse diet, and a short repast..were weak inducements to the taste Of one so nicely bred. 1746W. Melmoth tr. Pliny's Lett. i. xii, Corellius had many inducements to be fond of life. 1779F. Hervey Nav. Hist. II. 129 As an enducement for people to bring them in their cash, these goldsmiths paid at the rate of fourpence a day per cent. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. vi. 579 Nor can the pleasure of exercising unbounded sway..be justly regarded as a feeble inducement. 1867Smiles Huguenots Eng. Pref. (1880) 6 The English kings..held out repeated inducements to foreign artisans to come over and settle in this country.
†b. More widely: Any ground or reason which leads or inclines one to a belief or course of action; a moving cause; an incentive. Obs.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. ii. v. §7 Many inducements besides Scripture may lead me to that, which if Scripture be against, they all..are of no value, yet otherwise are strong and effectual to persuade. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 175 These reasons I take to be a sufficient inducement to beleeve these reports. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 11 Grounded this their sentence upon no other Inducements..than the particulars of Complaint accompanying the said Report.
†c. Something that leads to a result; an operative cause. Obs.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. vii. §6 It pleased God..to use the curiosity of this emperor as an inducement to the peace of his Church in those days.
†3. A preamble or introduction to a book or subject. Obs.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xxiii. §6 Formal speakers, that study more about prefaces and inducements, than upon the conclusions and issues of speech. a1617Hieron Wks. (1619) II. 446 An introduction and inducement to that which is now to bee taught.
b. Law. (See quot. 1891).
1792in Addison Pennsylv. Rep. (1800) 37 (Porter v. Brown), The date of the bond is immaterial and the bond itself but matter of inducement. 1891W. B. Odgers Pleading, Matters of inducement are Introductory averments stating who the parties are, how connected and other surrounding circumstances leading up to the matter in dispute, but not stating such matter.
†4. A leading on to some conclusion or inference; that which leads to a conclusion. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. vii. 25 Having received the probable inducements of truth, we become emancipated from testimoniall engagements, and are to erect upon the surer base of reason. Ibid., It carrieth not, with it, the reasonable inducements of knowledge. |