Definitions for induce

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induce in·duce

Spelling: [in-doos, -dyoos]

IPA: /ɪnˈdus, -ˈdyus/

Induce is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in induce (cdeinu).

Definitions for induce

verb (used with object)

1. to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
2. to bring about, produce, or cause:
3. Physics. to produce (an electric current) by induction.
4. Logic. to assert or establish (a proposition about a class of phenomena) on the basis of observations on a number of particular facts.
5. Genetics. to increase expression of (a gene) by inactivating a negative control system or activating a positive control system; derepress.
6. Biochemistry. to stimulate the synthesis of (a protein, especially an enzyme) by increasing gene transcription.

Origin of induce

1325-75; Middle English Latin indūcere to lead or bring in, introduce, equivalent to in- in-² + dūcere to lead; cf. adduce,

Examples for induce

The higher levels of carbon dioxide will induce something of a feeding frenzy for plants, at least for a while.

My doctor put me on oral contraceptives to induce a period, figuring it would help build bone.

My object in calling upon him was to induce him to do me justice at last.

The question is how to prevent the latter and induce the former.

I wonder wind can induce your Excellency to talk such nonsense!

When he says something, nod; this nodding will induce him to agree with you.

I wish I could induce you to treat me a little more generously.

But on this point it was difficult to induce the Pope to listen to reason.

No consideration can induce me to marry against my inclinations.

The next day, the enforcer made the girl “to ingest pills designed to induce spontaneous abortion.”