Induce

Induce (induce)
v. t.	(?)
In*duce"
[imp. ** p. p.* Induced (?)] p. pr. ** vb. n.* Inducing (?).] [L. inducere, inductum] pref. in- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.]

To lead in; to introduce.

[Obs.]

The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. Pope.

To draw on; to overspread.

[A Latinism] Cowper.

To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.

Shak.

He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted. Paley.

Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation. Dryden.

To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.

Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves. Bacon.

To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state.

To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.

Syn. -- To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate.

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