Verb
1. cause to arise;
"induce a crisis"2. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
"The ads induced me to buy a VCR""My children finally got me to buy a computer""My wife made me buy a new sofa"3. cause to occur rapidly;
"the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"4. reason or establish by induction
5. produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes