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Definition of Induce

1. Verb. Cause to arise. "Induce a crisis"

2. Verb. Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. "They induce him to write the letter"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

3. Verb. Cause to occur rapidly. "The infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

4. Verb. Reason or establish by induction.

5. Verb. Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes.

Definition of Induce

1. v. t. To lead in; to introduce.

Definition of Induce

1. Verb. (transitive) to lead by persuasion or influence; incite ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to cause, bring about, lead to ¹

3. Verb. (physics) to cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction ¹

4. Verb. (transitive logic) to infer by induction. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) to lead in, bring in, introduce ¹

6. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) to draw on, place upon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Induce

1. to influence into doing something [v -DUCED, -DUCING, -DUCES]

Medical Definition of Induce

1. 1. To lead in; to introduce. "The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad." (Pope) 2. To draw on; to overspread. 3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence. "He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . Though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted." (Paley) "Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation." (Dryden) 4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure. "Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves." (Bacon) 5. To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state. 6. To generalise or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; the opposite of deduce. Synonym: To move, instigate, urge, impel, incite, press, influence, actuate. Origin: L. Inducere, inductum; pref. In- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Induce

indrawing indrawn indrench indri indricothere indricotheres indris indrises indriven indubious

indubitability indubitable indubitableness indubitables indubitably induce (current term) induced induced abortion induced abortions induced apnea

induced enzyme induced fever induced fit induced fit model induced labour induced mutation induced phagocytosis induced psychotic disorder induced radioactivity induced sensitivity

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