Definition of "induce" []

• To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion. See Synonyms at persuade. (verb-transitive)
• To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause: a drug used to induce labor. (verb-transitive)
• To infer by inductive reasoning. (verb-transitive)
• Physics To produce (an electric current or a magnetic charge) by induction. (verb-transitive)
• Physics To produce (radioactivity, for example) artificially by bombardment of a substance with neutrons, gamma rays, and other particles. (verb-transitive)

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• "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."
• "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."
• "But does his name induce thirst for a vodka martini?"