induce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈduːs/
ipa: /ɪnˈdjuːs/
rhymes: -uːs
Forms: form: induces
form: inducing
form: induced
form: induced
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.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 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:
synonyms: entice
inveigle
put someone up to something
glosses: To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
examples: text: His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.
text: A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy.
ref: 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:
synonyms: word: bring about
word: instigate
word: prompt
word: stimulate
word: trigger
word: provoke
word: abet
word: actuate
word: goose
word: send
word: sting
word: bring about
word: cheer
word: drive
word: encourage
word: egg on
word: engender
word: evoke
word: excite
word: foment
word: goad
word: grill
word: ignite
word: impel
word: incite
word: induce
word: inflame
word: instigate
word: invoke
word: lash
word: motive
word: motivate
word: move
word: obligate
word: oblige
word: push
word: promote
word: prompt
word: provoke
word: rouse
word: set off
word: spark off
word: spur
word: spur on
word: stimulate
word: stir
word: stir up
word: stoke
word: tempt
word: urge
word: whet
word: whip up
glosses: To cause, bring about, lead to.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
antonyms: deduce
glosses: To infer by induction.
glosses: To lead in, bring in, introduce.
glosses: To draw on, place upon.
Derived terms: autoinduce
chondroinduce
coinduce
deinduce
enzyme-inducing medication
hyperinduce
induceable
inducee
inducive
preinduce
reinduce
self-induce
subinduce
Related terms: inducement
inducer
inducible
induct
induction