Induce
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnˈd(j)uËs/
- Rhymes: -uËs
Origin
From Middle English enducen, from Latin indūcere, present active infinitive of indūcŠ("lead in, bring in, introduce"), from in + dūcŠ("lead, conduct"). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc.
Full definition of induce
Verb
- (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 4, The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
- (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
- 2012, May 20, Nathan Rabin, TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job†(season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992), A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy.
- His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.
- (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.
Antonyms
- (logic) deduce