ALL meanings of induce
in·duce
I i - verb with object induce to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket. 1
- verb with object induce to bring about, produce, or cause: That medicine will induce sleep. 1
- verb with object induce Physics. to produce (an electric current) by induction. 1
- verb with object induce Logic. to assert or establish (a proposition about a class of phenomena) on the basis of observations on a number of particular facts. 1
- verb with object induce Genetics. to increase expression of (a gene) by inactivating a negative control system or activating a positive control system; derepress. 1
- verb with object induce Biochemistry. to stimulate the synthesis of (a protein, especially an enzyme) by increasing gene transcription. 1
- noun induce Succeed in persuading or influencing (someone) to do something. 1
- transitive verb induce cause 1
- transitive verb induce stimulate: childbirth 1
- abbreviation INDUCE induction 1
- transitive verb induce medicine: provoke, cause 1
- transitive verb induce cause: to go into labour 1
- verb induce To induce a state or condition means to cause it. 0
- verb induce If you induce someone to do something, you persuade or influence them to do it. 0
- verb induce If a doctor or nurse induces labour or birth, they cause a pregnant woman to start giving birth by using drugs or other medical means. 0
- verb induce to persuade or use influence on 0
- verb induce to cause or bring about 0
- verb induce to initiate or hasten (labour), as by administering a drug to stimulate uterine contractions 0
- verb induce to assert or establish (a general proposition, hypothesis, etc) by induction 0
- verb induce to produce (an electromotive force or electrical current) by induction 0
- verb induce to transmit (magnetism) by induction 0
- verb transitive induce to lead on to some action, condition, belief, etc.; prevail on; persuade 0
- verb transitive induce to bring on; bring about; cause; effect 0
- verb transitive induce to draw (a general rule or conclusion) from particular facts; infer by induction 0
- verb transitive induce to bring about (an electric or magnetic effect) in a body by exposing it to the influence or variation of a field of force 0
- verb induce (Transitive Verb) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite. 0
- verb induce (Transitive Verb) To cause, bring about, lead to. 0
- verb induce (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction. 0
- verb induce (Transitive Verb) (logic) To infer by induction. 0
- verb induce (Transitive Verb) OBS To lead in, bring in, introduce. 0
- verb induce (Transitive Verb) OBS To draw on, place upon. 0