INDUCED
induced
(adjective) brought about or caused; not spontaneous; “a case of steroid-induced weakness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
induced
simple past tense and past participle of induce
Usage notes
• In medical and other technical fields, and in mainstream reportage of medical and other such topics, the participle induced is particularly often found as the latter half of a compound functioning as an adjective, the first half of the compound being either an agent (identifying a person or thing that is inducing) or an instrument (identifying a thing that is used to induce); hence drug-induced, panic-induced, radiation-induced, and so on. In some cases, induced may even appear on its own as an adjective, as in induced abortion.
Source: Wiktionary
INDUCE
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