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self-induce

self-induce verb: to cause in, for, or on oneself.

Verb

self-induce (third-person singular simple present self-induces, present participle self-inducing, simple past and past participle self-induced)

  1. (transitive) To cause in, for, or on oneself.
    • […] between 1.7 percent and 4.1 percent of all women in Texas eighteen to forty-nine years old had tried to self-induce an abortion […]2023, Naomi Braine, Abortion Beyond the Law: Building a Global Feminist Movement for Self-Managed Abortion, page 145

Forms of self-induce

third-person singular presentself-induces
present participleself-inducing
past participleself-induced
pastself-induced

Questions about self-induce

What does self-induce mean?
Self-induce means to cause in, for, or on oneself.
What part of speech is self-induce?
Self-induce is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-induce?
The past tense of self-induce is self-induced.

Words near self-induce in the dictionary

  1. self-incriminate
  2. self-incriminated
  3. self-incriminates
  4. self-incriminating
  5. self-incrimination
  6. self-induce
  7. self-induced
  8. self-induces
  9. self-inducing
  10. self-induction
  11. self-inductions

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