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inducement Law (in pleading) the introductory part that leads up to and explains the matter in dispute Inducement Electra incited brother, Orestes, to kill their mother and her lover. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 92; Gk. Lit.: Electra, Orestes] exhorts Judah to stand fast against Assyrians. [O.T.: II Chronicles 32:6–8] exhorts fellow miners to massive strike. [Fr. Lit.: Germinal] 20th-century Electra in New England. [Am. Lit.: Mourning Becomes Electra] beguilingly prompts decapitation of John the Baptist. [N.T.: Mark 6:22–28] sobriquet of battle-exhorting women at French Convention. [Fr. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1100] (fl. 7th century B.C.) elegist; roused Spartans to Messenian triumph. [Gk. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1111] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| You mean that you do not understand the nature of this payment which to the best men is the great inducement to rule? With you, it is not, How is such a one likely to be influenced, What is the inducement most likely to act upon such a person's feelings, age, situation, and probable habits of life considered -- but, How should I be influenced, What would be my inducement in acting so and so? He found, also, a few beaver skins in their camp, for which he paid liberally, as an inducement to them to hunt for more; informing them that some of his party intended to live among the mountains, and trade with the native hunters for their peltries. |
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