Thesaurus: induce

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1. v. t. To lead in; to introduce.
2. v. t. To draw on; to overspread.
3. v. t. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
4. v. t. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
5. 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.
6. v. t. To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
7. v. cause to arise
8. v. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
9. v. cause to occur rapidly
10. v. reason or establish by induction
11. v. produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
12. 1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.] The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. Pope. 2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism] Cowper. 3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence. Shak. He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted. Paley. Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation. Dryden. 4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure. Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves. Bacon. 5. (Physics) 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. 6. (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce. Syn. -- To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate.