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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

self-induced en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English induced English self-induced From self- + induced.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Caused by the action of the person which it affects.
    • His indigestion was self-induced. If he didn't eat so much it wouldn't hurt.

self-induced en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English induced English self-induced From self- + induced.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of self-induce
    form of self-induce