induce
verb
[ ɪnˈdjuːs ]
• succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something.
• "the pickets induced many workers to stay away"
Similar:
persuade,
convince,
prevail upon,
get,
make,
prompt,
move,
inspire,
instigate,
influence,
exert influence on,
press,
urge,
incite,
encourage,
impel,
actuate,
motivate,
coax into,
wheedle into,
cajole into,
talk into,
prod into,
procure,
twist someone's arm,
• bring about or give rise to.
• "none of these measures induced a change of policy"
Similar:
bring about,
bring on,
cause,
be the cause of,
produce,
effect,
create,
give rise to,
generate,
originate,
instigate,
engender,
occasion,
set in motion,
develop,
lead to,
result in,
have as a consequence,
have as a result,
trigger off,
spark off,
whip up,
stir up,
kindle,
arouse,
rouse,
foster,
promote,
encourage,
beget,
enkindle,
effectuate,
• bring on (the birth of a baby) artificially, typically by the use of drugs.
• "she was 11 days overdue when labour was induced"
• derive by inductive reasoning.
• "from the experimental evidence, one infers or induces the hypothesis"
Origin:
late Middle English (formerly also as enduce ): from Latin inducere ‘lead in’, from in- ‘into’ + ducere ‘to lead’, or from French enduire . Compare with endue.
