induce.
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
Meaning & usage
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
To cause, bring about, lead to.
His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.
To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
To infer by induction.
To lead in, bring in, introduce.
To draw on, place upon.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.
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