induce
//ɪnˈduːs//
formalForms
- present (v1)
- induce
- past (v2)
- induced
- past participle (v3)
- induced
- present participle
- inducing
- 3rd person singular
- induces
Definitions
1.To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
2.To cause, bring about, lead to.
- His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.
- A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy.
3.To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
4.To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4902
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
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.