verb#4,949 by frequency
induce
/ɪnˈduːs/
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon; To cause, bring about, lead to
- he/she/it
- induces
- past participle
- induced
Meanings
- 1
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon
- 2
To cause, bring about, lead to
- 3
To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman)rare
- 4
To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of inductionrare
- 5
To infer by inductionrare
- 6
To lead in, bring in, introducerare
- 7
To draw on, place uponrare