transitive verb induced -·duced′, inducing -·duc′·ing

1. to lead on to some action, condition, belief, etc.; prevail on; persuade
2. to bring on; bring about; cause; effect to induce vomiting with an emetic
3. to draw (a general rule or conclusion) from particular facts; infer by induction
4. Physics to bring about (an electric or magnetic effect) in a body by exposing it to the influence or variation of a field of force

Etymology: ME enducen < L inducere < in-, in + ducere, to lead: see duct