Definition of "induce" in English

verb

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

2. (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.

   • His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.

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

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

5. (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.

6. (transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.

7. (transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon.