1. Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
   "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy";
   - invest, seat
    
2. Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
   "The fraternity inducted new members each spring";
   - initiate
    
3. Admit as a member
   "We were inducted into the honour society"
    
4. Introduce or initiate
   "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"
    
5. (physics) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
   "The generator inducted current through the coil";
   - induce

Derived forms: inducting, inducted, inducts

Type of: admit, bring about, give rise, include, instal [Brit], install, instruct, invite, learn [archaic], let in, produce, receive, take in, teach