'Induce' definitions:
Definition of 'induce'
From: WordNet
verb
Cause to arise; "induce a crisis" [syn: induce, bring on]
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" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make]
verb
Cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten]
verb
Reason or establish by induction
verb
Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes [syn: induce, induct]
Definition of 'Induce'
From: GCIDE
- Induce \In*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Induced; p. pr. & vb. n. Inducing.] [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism] --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted. --Paley. [1913 Webster]
- Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by exposure to a allergen. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Physics) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
- 7. (Genetics, Biochemistry) To cause the expression of (a gene or gene product) by affecting a transcription control element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative control or by activating a positive control; to derepress; as, lactose induces the production of beta-galactosidase in Eschericia coli.. [PJC]
- Syn: To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'induce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actuate,
- admonish,
- affect,
- argue,
- arouse,
- bend,
- bias,
- bring,
- bring about,
- bring around,
- bring forth,
- bring on,
- bring out,
- bring to light,
- cajole,
- call forth,
- call out,
- call up,
- carry,
- cause,
- caution,
- charge,
- coax,
- collect,
- color,
- conclude,
- contrive,
- convince,
- create,
- decide,
- deduce,
- derive,
- determine,
- dispose,
- drag out,
- draw,
- draw a conclusion,
- draw an inference,
- draw down,
- draw forth,
- draw on,
- draw out,
- educe,
- effect,
- egg on,
- elicit,
- encourage,
- engage,
- engender,
- enjoin,
- enlist,
- entice,
- evoke,
- exhort,
- expostulate,
- extract,
- fetch,
- find,
- gather,
- generate,
- get,
- get from,
- get out of,
- get to do,
- give rise to,
- glean,
- goad,
- impel,
- incite,
- incline,
- infer,
- influence,
- inspire,
- instigate,
- interest in,
- inveigle,
- issue a caveat,
- lead,
- lead to,
- lure,
- motivate,
- move,
- nudge,
- obtain,
- occasion,
- persuade,
- preach,
- predispose,
- press,
- prevail on,
- prevail upon,
- procure,
- prod,
- produce,
- prompt,
- provoke,
- push,
- reason,
- reason that,
- remonstrate,
- rouse,
- secure,
- seduce,
- set in motion,
- soften up,
- spur,
- stimulate,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- superinduce,
- sway,
- take as proved,
- talk into,
- tempt,
- tinge,
- tone,
- urge,
- wangle,
- wangle out of,
- warn,
- wear down,
- weigh with,
- winkle out,
- work,
- work up,
- worm out,
- worm out of