Inducing is usually gentle persuasion; you may, for instance, induce a friend to go to a concert, or induce a child to stop crying. An inducement is something that might lure you to do something, …

INDUCED definition: brought about, produced, or caused, especially artificially (often used in combination). See examples of induced used in a sentence.

INDUCE meaning: 1 : to cause (someone or something) to do something; 2 : to cause (something) to happen or exist

They induced her to take the job by offering her a bonus. If doctors induce labor, they cause a baby to be born before its natural time.

To induce a state or condition means to cause it. Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack. [VERB noun] ...an economic crisis induced by high oil prices. [VERB-ed]

Definition of induce verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. induce somebody to do something (formal) to persuade or influence somebody to do something. Nothing would induce …

To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion. See Synonyms at persuade. 2. To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause: a drug used to induce …