superinduce

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   formal: to bring about an additional condition or effect on top of one already existing

   The altered environment may superinduce sterility in an otherwise healthy population.

2. 2
   verb

   formal: to introduce or place something as an addition over what is already present

   The treatment superinduced a protective layer over the original surface.

From Latin superinducere, 'to lead or bring in over and above,' built from super-, 'over,' + inducere, 'to lead in.' English preserved the formal sense of introducing an additional layer, condition, or consequence.

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