To effect, cause, or influence via stimulation – a 12-hour photoperiod stimulates flowering in cannabis plants.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
induce (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to move by persuasion or influence
b) to call forth or bring about by influence or stimulation
2.
a) - effect cause
b) to cause the formation of
c) to produce (as an electric current) by - induction
3.
to determine by induction , specifically to infer from particulars
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
induce (verb)1.
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
SYNONYMS:
beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yieldRELATED WORDS:
conduce (to), contribute (to); decide, determine; begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start; advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote; enact, render, turn outNEAR ANTONYMS:
impede, limit, restrict; clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress; arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard; can [], kill, snuff (out), still; abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench2.
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
SYNONYMS:
argue, bring, bring around, convert, convince, gain, get, induce, move, prevail (on upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)RELATED WORDS:
blandish, blarney, cajole, coax, entreat, exhort, fast-talk, urge, wheedle; allure, beguile, lead on, lure, seduce, snow, tempt; brainwash, overpersuade; incline, influence, move, prompt, sell, sway; attract, draw, entice, interest; chew over, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, hash (over), moot; reason (with)NEAR ANTONYMS:
deter, discourage, dissuade, unsellInduce (Wikipedia)
Induce may refer to:
- Induced consumption
- Induced innovation
- Induced character
- Induced coma
- Induced menopause
- Induced metric
- Induced path
- Induced topology
- Induce (musician), American musician
- Labor induction, stimulation of childbirth
Induce (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈduːs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdjuːs/
trigger, prompt, stimulate, cause, initiate