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   In·duce

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   • 1. succeed in persuading or influencing (someone) to do something: "the pickets induced many workers to stay away" Similar persuadeconvinceprevail upongetmakepromptmoveinspireinstigateinfluenceexert influence onpressurgeinciteencourageimpelactuatemotivatecoax intowheedle intocajole intotalk intoprod intoprocureinformal:twist someone's armOpposite dissuade
   • 2. bring about or give rise to: "none of these measures induced a change of policy" Similar bring aboutbring oncausebe the cause ofproduceeffectcreategive rise togenerateoriginateinstigateengenderoccasionset in motiondeveloplead toresult inhave as a consequencehave as a resulttrigger offspark offwhip upstir upkindlearouserousefosterpromoteencourageliterary:begetenkindlerare:effectuateOpposite prevent
   • ▪ produce (an electric charge or current or a magnetic state) by induction: "the current in the primary winding is induced by the rotating magnet"
   • ▪ cause (radioactivity) by bombardment with radiation.
   • ▪ initiate or enhance (a biochemical process, especially the synthesis of an enzyme).
   • 3. bring on (the birth of a baby) artificially, typically by the use of drugs: "she was 11 days overdue when labor was induced"
   • ▪ bring on childbirth in (a pregnant woman) artificially, typically by the use of drugs: "Carol was induced just four days before her baby's due date"
   • 4. derive by inductive reasoning: "from the experimental evidence, one infers or induces the hypothesis"

   Word Origin late Middle English (formerly also as enduce): from Latin inducere ‘lead in’, from in- ‘into’ + ducere ‘to lead’, or from French enduire. Compare with endue.

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   • verb (used with object), in·duced, in·duc·ing. to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket. to bring about, produce, or cause: That medicine will induce sleep. Physics. to produce (an electric current) by induction.

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   • The meaning of inducement is a bribe or something that persuades someone to do something. A financial inducement is a powerful tool in the work environment. Sentence with inducement?

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   induce somebody/something (medical) to make a woman start giving birth to her baby by giving her special drugs; to make a baby start being born by giving the mother special drugs. an induced labour; We'll have to induce her. I was admitted and the baby was induced at 35 weeks.

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