Dictionary

induce en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈdjuːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪnˈduːs/ (General-American)
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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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
   • The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain 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. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:
2. (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
   • A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy. 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
   • His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.
3. (transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
   • By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy cow about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream. 2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian:
4. To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
   • The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines. 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
5. (transitive) To infer by induction.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To draw on, place upon.

Forms

Antonyms

deduce

Deriveds

preinduce · induceable · hyperinduce · autoinduce · deinduce · subinduce · enzyme-inducing medication · inducee · chondroinduce · reinduce · self-induce · coinduce · inducive

Relateds

induction · inducement · inducer · induct · inducible

Synonyms

promote · engender · invoke · stimulate · goose · instigate · motivate · foment · oblige · fuel · drive · grill · prompt · set off · actuate · inflame · put someone up to something · spark off · bring about · abet · induce · tempt · egg on · push · trigger · light a fire under · prompt · incite · stir up · provoke · stoke · goad · rouse · send · whet · obligate · urge · bring about · instigate · evoke · provoke · cheer · sting · stir · spur on · ignite · spur · excite · stimulate · encourage · impel · move · draw · entice · whip up · inveigle · lash · motive

Translations (56)

de bewirken (to cause, bring about, lead to) · it indurre (to cause, bring about, lead to) · es inducir (to cause; persuade; force) · de verursachen (to cause, bring about, lead to) · it provocare (to cause, bring about, lead to) · bg убеждавам (to cause; persuade; force) · mi whakapakepake (to cause; persuade; force) · it persuadere (to cause; persuade; force) · cy peri (to cause, bring about, lead to) · es inducir ((physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)) · hu rávesz (to cause; persuade; force) · cy peri (to cause; persuade; force) · de führen zu (to cause, bring about, lead to) · nl bewerkstelligen (to cause; persuade; force) · hu kelt (to cause; persuade; force) · ru убежда́ть (to cause; persuade; force) · nl overhalen (to cause; persuade; force) · la induco (to cause; persuade; force) · de hervorrufen (to cause, bring about, lead to) · nl forceren (to cause; persuade; force) · de induzieren ((physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)) · io induktar (to cause; persuade; force) · sk indukovať (to cause; persuade; force) · fi aiheuttaa (to cause; persuade; force) · sk vyvolať (to cause; persuade; force) · ca induir (to cause; persuade; force) · hu előidéz (to cause; persuade; force) · hu létrehoz (to cause; persuade; force) · cy anwytho ((physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)) · nb forårsake (to cause; persuade; force) · it incitare (to cause; persuade; force) · la pervincō (to cause, bring about, lead to) · ru побужда́ть (to cause; persuade; force) · de dazu bringen (to cause; persuade; force) · ast inducir (to cause; persuade; force) · it indurre ((physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)) · fi aikaansaada (to cause; persuade; force) · es inducir (to cause, bring about, lead to) · cy cymell (to cause; persuade; force) · km បង្ក (to cause; persuade; force) · nl veroorzaken (to cause; persuade; force) · ru заставля́ть (to cause; persuade; force) · gl inducir (to cause; persuade; force) · fi houkutella (to cause; persuade; force) · de anstacheln (to cause; persuade; force) · oc induir (to cause; persuade; force) · bg накарвам (to cause; persuade; force) · pt induzir (to cause; persuade; force) · fr induire (to cause; persuade; force) · bg индуцирам ((physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)) · hu rábír (to cause; persuade; force) · sk indukovať ((physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)) · nl opwekken (to cause; persuade; force) · hu okoz (to cause; persuade; force) · oc indusir (to cause; persuade; force) · ru склоня́ть (to cause; persuade; force)