induce

1 cause to arise; "induce a crisis" [syn: bring on]

2 cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: stimulate, cause, have, get, make]

3 cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: stimulate, rush, hasten]

4 reason or establish by induction

5 produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes [syn: induct]

English

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈdjuːs/, /In"dju:s/

  Rhymes with: -uːs

Etymology

From inducere < in- + ducere.

Verb

1. to cause; persuade; force.

Synonyms

• bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke

Antonyms

• deduce

Translations

• ttbc Russian: убеждать, побуждать, склонять, заставлять

Related terms

• inducement
• inducer
• inducible
• induct
• induction

Italian

Verb

actuate, admonish, affect, argue, arouse, bend, bias, bring, bring about, bring around, bring forth, bring on, bring out, bring to light, cajole, call forth, call out, call up, carry, cause, caution, charge, coax, collect, color, conclude, contrive, convince, create, decide, deduce, derive, determine, dispose, drag out, draw, draw a conclusion, draw an inference, draw down, draw forth, draw on, draw out, educe, effect, egg on, elicit, encourage, engage, engender, enjoin, enlist, entice, evoke, exhort, expostulate, extract, fetch, find, gather, generate, get, get from, get out of, get to do, give rise to, glean, goad, impel, incite, incline, infer, influence, inspire, instigate, interest in, inveigle, issue a caveat, lead, lead to, lure, motivate, move, nudge, obtain, occasion, persuade, preach, predispose, press, prevail on, prevail upon, procure, prod, produce, prompt, provoke, push, reason, reason that, remonstrate, rouse, secure, seduce, set in motion, soften up, spur, stimulate, summon forth, summon up, superinduce, sway, take as proved, talk into, tempt, tinge, tone, urge, wangle, wangle out of, warn, wear down, weigh with, winkle out, work, work up, worm out, worm out of