induce
Meaning
- To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
- To cause, bring about, lead to.
- 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.
- (obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
- (obsolete) To draw on, place upon.
Synonyms
conciliate
result in
trigger off
yield
act toward
entice away
have an effect on
lead into
lead to
lead up
forward to
be animate
lend off
persuade somebody to believe
weight with
make something curved
persuade or bend
appeal to
innovate
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈduːs/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere, present active infinitive of indūcō (“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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