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self-inducing

self-inducing is the present participle of self-induce.

Meaning of self-induce

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

Questions about self-inducing

What is self-inducing the present participle of?
Self-inducing is the present participle of self-induce.

Words near self-inducing in the dictionary

  1. self-incriminating
  2. self-incrimination
  3. self-induce
  4. self-induced
  5. self-induces
  6. self-inducing
  7. self-induction
  8. self-inductions
  9. self-indulgence
  10. self-indulgences
  11. self-indulgent

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