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    in·duce
    [ənˈdo͞os, inˈdo͞os]
    verb
    induce (verb) · induces (third person present) · induced (past tense) · induced (past participle) · inducing (present participle)
    1. succeed in persuading or influencing (someone) to do something:
      "the pickets induced many workers to stay away"
    2. bring about or give rise to:
      "none of these measures induced a change of policy"
      • produce (an electric charge or current or a magnetic state) by induction:
        "the current in the primary winding is induced by the rotating magnet"
      • physics
        cause (radioactivity) by bombardment with radiation.
      • biochemistry
        initiate or enhance (a biochemical process, especially the synthesis of an enzyme).
    3. medicine
      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. logic
      derive by inductive reasoning:
      "from the experimental evidence, one infers or induces the hypothesis"
    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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