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Definitions for Induce

[1] to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
[2] to bring about, produce, or cause: That medicine will induce sleep.
[3] Physics . to produce (an electric current) by induction.
[4] Logic . to assert or establish (a proposition about a class of phenomena) on the basis of observations on a number of particular facts.
[5] Genetics . to increase expression of (a gene) by inactivating a negative control system or activating a positive control system; derepress.
[6] Biochemistry . to stimulate the synthesis of (a protein, especially an enzyme) by increasing gene transcription.
[7] (often foll by an infinitive ) to persuade or use influence on
[8] to cause or bring about
[9] med to initiate or hasten (labour), as by administering a drug to stimulate uterine contractions
[10] logic obsolete to assert or establish (a general proposition, hypothesis, etc) by induction
[11] to produce (an electromotive force or electrical current) by induction
[12] to transmit (magnetism) by induction

Words related to Induce

urge, activate, prompt, coax, engender, breed, promote, motivate, produce, persuade, convince, cause, generate, abet, move, actuate, bulldoze, make, cajole, sway

Words nearby Induce

indricotherium, indris, indubitable, indubitably, induc., induce, induced abortion, induced drag, induced emission, induced enzyme, induced hypotension

Origin of Induce

1325–75; Middle English < Latin indūcere to lead or bring in, introduce, equivalent to in- in-2 + dūcere to lead; cf. adduce, deduce, reduce

Words that may be confused with Induce

adduce, deduce, induce

Other words from Induce

in·duc·i·ble , adjective
non·in·duced , adjective
non·in·duc·i·ble , adjective
pre·in·duce , verb (used with object), pre·in·duced, pre·in·duc·ing.
qua·si-in·duced , adjective
re·in·duce , verb (used with object), re·in·duced, re·in·duc·ing.
un·in·duced , adjective
un·in·duc·i·ble , adjective

Word origin for Induce

C14: from Latin indūcere to lead in, from dūcere to lead

Synonyms for Induce

activate, breed, bring about, cause, coax, convince, engender, generate, lead to, motivate, persuade, produce, promote, prompt, urge, abet, actuate, bulldoze, cajole, draw, effect, get, goose, impel, incite, influence, instigate, make, move, occasion, press, procure, soft-soap, squeeze, steamroll, sway, sweet-talk, wheedle, argue into, bring around, draw in, get up, give rise to, prevail upon, sell one on, set in motion, suck in, talk into, twist one's arm, win over