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Inducing is usually gentle persuasion; you may, for instance, induce a friend to go to a concert, or induce a child to stop crying. An inducement is something that might lure you to do something, though inducements are occasionally a bit menacing, like the Godfather's offer that you can't refuse. Induce also sometimes means "produce;" thus, doctors must at times induce labor in a pregnant woman. Notice that induct and induction are somewhat different from induce and inducement, though they come from the identical roots.
Examples of induce in a Sentence
Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025
On inducing it in a skin tumor, cis-urocanic acid can acidify the tumor and kill those cells.
—Jay Kakade
june 03, New Atlas, 3 June 2025
The Pirates have the National League’s worst record in the three decades since Barry Bonds left them, but did the unglamorous opponent induce Padres fans to spend the afternoon at the beach?
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
Their lineup, meanwhile, was sputtering against a premium pitcher, inducing little stress against major league ERA leader Max Fried after an Ohtani homer to start the night.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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“Induce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/induce. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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induce
verb
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induce
transitive verb
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