induce

induce is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lead in; to introduce. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To lead in; to introduce.
2. transitive verb. To draw on; to overspread.
3. transitive verb. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
4. transitive verb. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
5. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
7. verb. reason or establish by induction
8. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: cause, get, have, make, stimulate

9. verb. cause to arise

   "induce a crisis"

10. verb. cause to occur rapidly

    "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

    Synonyms: hasten, rush, stimulate

11. verb. produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

    Synonyms: induct

Synonyms

cause, get, have, make, stimulate, hasten, rush, induct

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in induce:

uniced

Common word forms

induced, inducer, induces, inducing, induceable, inducement

Words from these letters

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