induces

verb

(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.

(transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.

(transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).

(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.

(transitive, logic) To infer by induction.

(transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.

(transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon.

Roots

ducoduc- · Latin · lead

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