— inducible , adj.
/in doohs", -dyoohs"/ , v.t., induced, inducing .
1. to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
2. to bring about, produce, or cause: That medicine will induce sleep.
3. Physics. to produce (an electric current) by induction.
4. Logic. to assert or establish (a proposition about a class of phenomena) on the basis of observations on a number of particular facts.
5. Genetics. to increase expression of (a gene) by inactivating a negative control system or activating a positive control system; derepress.
6. Biochem. to stimulate the synthesis of (a protein, esp. an enzyme) by increasing gene transcription.
[ 1325-75; ME inducere to lead or bring in, introduce, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + ducere to lead; cf. ADDUCE, DEDUCE, REDUCE ]
Syn. 1. actuate, prompt, incite, urge, spur. See persuade .
Ant. 1. dissuade.