induce
induce has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.
Definitions
- v. t.. To lead in; to introduce.
- v. t.. To draw on; to overspread.
- v. t.. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
- v. t.. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
- v. t.. 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.
- v. t.. To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
- v.. reason or establish by induction
- v.. 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"
- v.. cause to arise; "induce a crisis"
- v.. cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
- v.. produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes