1. Bring about an action, state, or response
   "The ads induced me to buy a VCR";
   - stimulate, cause, have, get, make
    
2. Cause to arise
   "induce a crisis";
   - bring on
    
3. Cause to occur rapidly
   "The new policy induced rapid economic growth";
   - stimulate, rush, hasten, accelerate, speed up
    
4. (logic) reason or establish by induction
   "The scientist induced a general principle from multiple observations"
    
5. (physics) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
   "The generator induced an electric current in the wire";
   - induct

Derived forms: induced, induces, inducing

See also: bring

Type of: act, bring about, bring forth, conclude, effect, effectuate, generate, give rise, move, produce, reason, reason out, set up

Encyclopedia: Induce