Induce /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Induced; p. pr. & vb. n. Inducing

1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]

   The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad.

2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism]
3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence.

   He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted.

   Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation.

4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by exposure to a allergen.

   Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves.

5. To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state. (Physics)
6. To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce. (Logic)
7. To cause the expression of (a gene or gene product) by affecting a transcription control element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative control or by activating a positive control; to derepress; as, lactose induces the production of beta-galactosidase in Eschericia coli.. (Genetics, Biochemistry)