induce

/ɪnˈdus/
verb
  1. To cause something to happen or exist.
    • Stress can induce headaches in some people.
    • The medicine can induce sleep within 30 minutes.
    • The teacher's encouragement induced a love of reading in her students.
  2. To persuade or influence someone to do something.
    • The advertisement tried to induce customers to buy the new product.
    • She was induced by her friends to join the dance class.
    • Nothing could induce him to change his mind.
  3. To bring on labor or childbirth by medical means.
    • Some women choose to be induced for personal reasons.
    • The doctor decided to induce labor because the baby was overdue.
    • They had to induce her because of high blood pressure.
  4. To produce an electric current or magnetic state in a conductor by exposure to a changing magnetic field.
    • This device induces a magnetic field in the metal.
    • Moving a magnet near a wire can induce a current.
    • The coil induces a voltage in the secondary circuit.