[ ɪn'dju:s ]
■ verb
1》 succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something.
2》 bring about or give rise to.
↘produce (an electric charge or current or a magnetic state) by induction.
3》 Medicine bring on (childbirth or abortion) artificially, typically by the use of drugs.
4》 Logic derive by inductive reasoning.
Derivatives
~r noun
inducible adjective
Origin
ME: from L. induct- , ~re 'lead in', or from Fr. enduire .