Verb
To lead in; to introduce.
To draw on; to overspread.
To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
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.
To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn fact, of all hoodoos in Wall Street I think the resolve to induce the stock market to act as a fairy godmother is the busiest and most persistent. Edwin Lefèvre
The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotent. Edward Dahlberg
I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So... I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill. Jane Austen
God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence. Christian Scriver
Church was doing what he often did when dropped - lying on his back with all four legs in the air, pretending to be dead in order to induce guilt in his owners. Cassandra Clare
Ones neighbours problems, does not induce one to lose their appetite over them. Zimbabwe Proverb