Meaning & use
induce
To cause or bring about a particular condition, feeling, or action, often through persuasion or a specific stimulus.
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The lecture's monotone voice seemed to induce sleep in half the audience.
Doctors sometimes induce labor when a pregnancy goes past its due date.
A note on using this word
Induce often appears in medical and formal contexts, and can mean either to cause a physical effect or to persuade someone to act.
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