induce
Verb
Verb Forms: duced, ducing, duces
- To persuade someone to do something; to bring about.
- cause to arise
- "induce a crisis"
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"
- cause to occur rapidly
- reason or establish by induction
- produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
- To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
- To cause, bring about, lead to.
- To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
- To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
- To infer by induction.
- To lead in, bring in, introduce.
- To draw on, place upon.
Examples
- He tried to INDUCE his opponent into opening up a triple word score lane.
- His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
bring on, cause, get, hasten, have, induct, make, rush, stimulate, abet, actuate, bring about, cheer, drive, egg on, encourage, engender, entice, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, ignite, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, inveigle, invoke, lash, motivate, motive, move, obligate, oblige, promote, prompt, provoke, push, put someone up to something, rouse, send, set off, spark off, spur, spur on, sting, stir, stir up, stoke, tempt, trigger, urge, whet, whip up
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
induce: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinduce: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
induce: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary