induce
(verb) reason or establish by induction
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
(verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; “The ads induced me to buy a VCR”; “My children finally got me to buy a computer”; “My wife made me buy a new sofa”
induce, bring on
(verb) cause to arise; “induce a crisis”
induce, stimulate, rush, hasten
(verb) cause to occur rapidly; “the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions”
induce, induct
(verb) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
induce (third-person singular simple present induces, present participle inducing, simple past and past participle induced)
(transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
(transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
(transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon.
• (lead by persuasion or influence): entice, inveigle, put someone up to something
• (to cause): bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke
• (logic): deduce
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Source: Wiktionary
In*duce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Induced; p. pr. & vb. n. Inducing.] Etym: [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.]
1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.] The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. Pope.
2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism] Cowper.
3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence. Shak. 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. (Physics)
Definition: 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. (Logic)
Definition: To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
Syn.
– To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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