induce

Definitions


[ɪnˈdjuːs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something
(e.g: the pickets induced many workers to stay away)

- bring about or give rise to
(e.g: none of these measures induced a change of policy)

- bring on (the birth of a baby) artificially, typically by the use of drugs
(e.g: she was 11 days overdue when labour was induced)

- derive by inductive reasoning
(e.g: from the experimental evidence, one infers or induces the hypothesis)


Phrases:

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




definition by Oxford Dictionaries