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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Induce \In*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Induced}; p. pr & vb n. {Inducing}.] [L. inducere, inductum pref. in- in + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf {Induct}.] 1. To lead in to introduce. [Obs.] The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: induce v 1: cause to arise; "induce a crisis" [syn: {bring on}] 2: 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" [syn: {stimulate}, {cause}, {have}, {get}, {make}] 3: of bodily processes such as fever, illness, etc [syn: {stimulate}, {rush}, {hasten}] 4: reason or establish by induction
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