(~s, inducing, ~d)
1.
To ~ a state or condition means to cause it.
Doctors said surgery could ~ a heart attack.
...an economic crisis ~d by high oil prices.
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
If you ~ someone to do something, you persuade or influence them to do it.
More than 4,000 teachers were ~d to take early retirement.
= persuade
VERB: be V-ed to-inf
3.
If a doctor or nurse ~s labour or birth, they cause a pregnant woman to start giving birth by using drugs or other medical means. (MEDICAL)
He might decide that it is best to ~ labour.
VERB: V n