superinduce
/ˌsuːpəɹɪnˈdjuːs/
superinduce means to replace (someone) with someone else; to bring into another's position; especially, to take (a second wife) quickly after the death of a first, or while she is still alive. It carries an Arena rating of 1506, earned across 30 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, superinduce ranks #1,261 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #2,045 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #2,511 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #2,769 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
superinduce is pronounced /ˌsuːpəɹɪnˈdjuːs/.
Why “superinduce” is a great word
SUPERINDUCE — [Verb] To introduce as an addition, especially a new condition, circumstance, or disease that overlays and complicates an existing state. From the late Latin superindūcere, from super- ("over, above, in addition") + indūcere ("to lead in, bring in"). Unlike "induce," which means to bring about generally, or "superimpose," which denotes a physical layering, to superinduce is to impose a secondary, often onerous stratum upon a prior foundation. It is the secondary infection colonizing a weakened body, the fresh anxiety settling over an old grief, or the final, trivial inconvenience that renders a difficult day unbearable—the quiet accretion of burdens that defines the texture of compounded misfortune.
Etymology
From late Latin superindūcere.
verb
- To replace (someone) with someone else; to bring into another's position; especially, to take (a second wife) quickly after the death of a first, or while she is still alive.
- To bring in or introduce as an addition; to produce, cause, bring on.
- To cause (especially further disease) in addition (to an existing medical condition).
- To place over (something or someone); to cover.e.g.“So omnipotent is art; which in many a district of New Bedford has superinduced bright terraces of flowers upon the barren refuse rocks thrown aside at creation’s final day” — 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 6:
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