induce

[In*duce·]

To induce is to move or lead someone to action. A promise of a lollipop can induce a toddler to do just about anything, even sit down and be polite to Aunt Edna. Older kids need something more substantial.

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To lead in; to introduce.

Verb
reason or establish by induction

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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"

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cause to arise; "induce a crisis"

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cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

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produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

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v. t.
To lead in; to introduce.

v. t.
To draw on; to overspread.

v. t.
To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.

v. t.
To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.

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.] 1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]

The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad.

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.

Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation.

4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.

Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves.

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. 6. (Logic) 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.

To lead in; to introduce.

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Usage Examples

Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.

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Other Usage Examples

Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future. All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.

Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to you. That almost always involves a betrayal of trust.