v. t. | 1. | |
1. | To lead in; to introduce. | |
2. | To draw on; to overspread. | |
3. | To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence. | |
4. | To bring on; to effect; to cause; | |
5. | (Physics) To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state. | |
6. | (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; - the opposite of | |
7. | (Genetics, Biochemistry) To cause the expression of (a gene or gene product) by affecting a transcription control element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative control or by activating a positive control; to derepress; |
Verb | 1. | induce - cause to arise; "induce a crisis" Synonyms: bring on |
2. | induce - 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" | |
3. | induce - cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" | |
4. | induce - reason or establish by induction | |
5. | induce - produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes Synonyms: induct |