3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by
persuasion or influence. Shak.
He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be
induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted.
Paley.
Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your
reputation.
Dryden.
4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or
exposure.
Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves.
Bacon.
5. (Physics) 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.
6. (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the
particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
Syn. -- To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence;
actuate.