All 11 Uses of
induce
in
Pride and Prejudice
- He is, indeed; but, considering the inducement, my dear Miss Eliza, we cannot wonder at his complaisance—for who would object to such a partner?†
Chpt 6
- "It was the prospect of constant society, and good society," he added, "which was my chief inducement to enter the ——shire.†
Chpt 16
- What can have induced him to behave so cruelly?†
Chpt 16 *
- I will only say farther that from what passed that evening, my opinion of all parties was confirmed, and every inducement heightened which could have led me before, to preserve my friend from what I esteemed a most unhappy connection.†
Chpt 35
- I must now mention a circumstance which I would wish to forget myself, and which no obligation less than the present should induce me to unfold to any human being.†
Chpt 35
- Mr. Wickham's chief object was unquestionably my sister's fortune, which is thirty thousand pounds; but I cannot help supposing that the hope of revenging himself on me was a strong inducement.†
Chpt 35
- It was reasonable that he should feel he had been wrong; he had liberality, and he had the means of exercising it; and though she would not place herself as his principal inducement, she could, perhaps, believe that remaining partiality for her might assist his endeavours in a cause where her peace of mind must be materially concerned.†
Chpt 52
- But you are not entitled to know mine; nor will such behaviour as this, ever induce me to be explicit.†
Chpt 56
- Let me thank you again and again, in the name of all my family, for that generous compassion which induced you to take so much trouble, and bear so many mortifications, for the sake of discovering them.†
Chpt 58
- That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny.†
Chpt 58
- The turn of your countenance I shall never forget, as you said that I could not have addressed you in any possible way that would induce you to accept me.†
Chpt 58
Definition:
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(induce as in: induce symptoms) to cause something to arise or happen