Hypertext Webster Gateway: "induce"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Induce \In*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Induced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inducing}.] [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere
to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Induct}.]
1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]
The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the
first Iliad. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
induce
v 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: of bodily processes such as fever, illness, etc. [syn: {stimulate},
{rush}, {hasten}]
4: reason or establish by induction
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