Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To lead in; to introduce.
- 2transitive verb
To draw on; to overspread.
- 3transitive verb
To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
- 4transitive verb
To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
- 5transitive 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.
- 6transitive verb
To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
- 7verb
reason or establish by induction
- 8verb
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"
- 9verb
cause to arise
"induce a crisis"
- 10verb
cause to occur rapidly
"the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
- 11verb
produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
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