Word Meaning

induce definition and meaning

v. t. To lead in; to introduce.
v. t. To draw on; to overspread.
v. t. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
v. t. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
v. t. To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state.
v. t. To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.

Crossword clues for induce

- Bring about
- Bring on
- Bring on labour artificially