induce

To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.transitive

• 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 sur

To cause, bring about, lead to.transitive

• His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.

To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).transitive

• 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 a

To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.

• 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

To infer by induction.transitive

To lead in, bring in, introduce.obsoletetransitive

To draw on, place upon.obsoletetransitive