1. (

• inducement ,
• inducing

) act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep" ;

1. (

• induce ,
• bring_on

) cause to arise; "induce a crisis" ;

2. (

• induce ,
• stimulate ,
• cause ,
• have ,
• get ,
• make

) 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" ;

3. (

• induce ,
• stimulate ,
• rush ,
• hasten

) cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" ;

4. (

• induce

) reason or establish by induction ;

5. (

• induce ,
• induct

) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes ;