induce (verb)

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• induce — ► VERB 1) succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something. 2) bring about or give rise to. 3) produce (an electric charge or current or a magnetic state) by induction. 4) Medicine bring on (childbirth or abortion) artificially.… …   English terms dictionary

• induce — in‧duce [ɪnˈdjuːs ǁ ɪnˈduːs] verb [transitive] to make someone decide to do something, perhaps something that seems unwise: induce somebody to do something • Lower interest rates would induce customers to borrow more. * * * induce UK US… …   Financial and business terms

• induce — verb (T) 1 to make someone decide to do something, especially something that seems unwise: induce sb to do sth: Nothing would induce me to vote for him again. | What could have induced you to do such a ridiculous thing? 2 to make a woman give… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• induce — I verb actuate, adducere, be responsible, bring about, bring on, bring to pass, call forth, cause, conduce, convince, create, effect, effectuate, exercise influence over, generate, hasten, impellere, incite, inducere, influence, instigate, kindle …   Law dictionary

• induce — verb Induce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑change, ↑coma, ↑current, ↑defect, ↑deficiency, ↑euphoria, ↑hallucination, ↑hypnosis, ↑injury, ↑labour, ↑miscarriage, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• induce — verb 1) the pickets induced many workers to stay away Syn: persuade, convince, prevail upon, get, make, prompt, move, inspire, influence, encourage, motivate; coax into, wheedle into, cajole into, talk into, prod into; informal twist someone s …   Thesaurus of popular words

• induce — verb 1) the pickets induced many workers to stay away Syn: persuade, convince, prevail upon, get, make, prompt, encourage, cajole into, talk into 2) these activities induce a feeling of togetherness Syn: bring about …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• induce — verb /ɪnˈdjuːs/ a) to lead by persuasion or influence; incite His meditation induced a compromise. b) to cause, bring about, lead to Opium induces sleep. Syn …   Wiktionary

• induce — [[t]ɪndju͟ːs, AM du͟ːs [/t]] induces, inducing, induced 1) VERB To induce a state or condition means to cause it. [V n] Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack. [V ed] ...an economic crisis induced by high oil prices. 2) VERB If you… …   English dictionary

• induce */ — UK [ɪnˈdjuːs] / US [ɪnˈdus] verb [transitive] Word forms induce : present tense I/you/we/they induce he/she/it induces present participle inducing past tense induced past participle induced 1) to cause something, especially a mental or physical… …   English dictionary

• induce — in|duce [ ın dus ] verb transitive * to cause something, especially a mental or physical change: Both treatments were effective in inducing remission of the disease. They hoped their work would induce social change. chemically induced mood… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English