# induce

Pronunciation: US say "in-DOOS" /ɪnˈduːs/; UK say "in-DYOOS" /ɪnˈdjuːs/

## Verb

1. To lead someone to act in a certain way by means of persuasion or influence.
   - Simple: To get someone to do something by talking them into it.
   - _Advertisers use bright colors to induce shoppers to buy more._
   - _No amount of pleading could induce the judge to reconsider._
2. To cause something to happen or bring it about.
   - Simple: To make something happen or come about.
   - _Certain drugs induce nausea as a side effect._
   - _The film's slow pace induced a deep sense of calm._
3. To bring on the labor of a pregnant woman by medical means.
   - Simple: To start childbirth with medicine before it begins on its own.
   - _The obstetrician chose to induce the patient two weeks past her due date._
   - _Hospitals sometimes induce labor when the mother's health is at risk._
4. To produce an electric current or magnetic state through the physical process of induction.
   - Simple: To create an electric current or magnetic field by physical means, without direct contact.
   - _A spinning magnet will induce a voltage across the coil's terminals._
   - _Engineers use changing fields to induce currents in the receiver._
5. To infer a general principle by reasoning from particular observations or cases.
   - Simple: To work out a general rule by looking at many separate examples.
   - _From repeated trials, researchers induce the underlying principle._
   - _Early naturalists induced general laws from careful observation of many species._

## Verb

6. To bring in or introduce a person or thing into a place or assembly. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To bring someone or something into a place.
7. To draw something on or lay it upon a surface. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To put or lay something onto a surface.

## Origin

From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere ("lead in, bring in, introduce"), formed from in plus dūcō ("lead, conduct"). It is a doublet of endue.

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