induce

IPA: ɪndˈus

(transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
(transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
(transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
(transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon.

Examples of "induce" in Sentences

But does his name induce thirst for a vodka martini?
He would fain induce me to believe I did not know my road.
Israel now needs its biggest friend in the world to "induce" it to take "yes" for an answer.
Both terms induce an infinite reduction sequence, that is, an infinite chain of successive one-step reductions.
There are books whose very titles induce guilt, since they're still lingering forlornly in the pile beside my bed.
Up until that point, however, all I have to go on is the little pieces our host and others have quoted, and what I can induce from the counter-arguments that have been presented.
People are able to take an ovum, fertilize -- not fertilize it, let me say, jolt it, that is to say induce it to start growing, fuse it they call it -- fuse it so that it starts growing into cells.
It would probably not be easy to again induce such decency in the populace – the devastatingly visible defeat in Vietnam was obviously a decisive factor, and we have no such luck with Iraq – but I do miss that aspect of those days.
One well-known quality of anti-depressants is their tendency to induce akathisia in a large number of patients, causing the kind of internal racing or restlessness that makes the meds impossible for some to take and, in some cases, can drive people to the edge of suicide.