induce
Verb
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Cause to arise (synset 201647592)
"induce a crisis"is a type of: bring forth, generate - bring into existencesame as: bring on
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Cause to do;
Cause to act in a specified manner (synset 200772482)"The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"subtypes:- decide - cause to decide
- persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
- bring - induce or persuade
- solicit - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
- encourage - spur on
- let - actively cause something to happen
- lead - cause to undertake a certain action
- inspire, instigate, prompt - serve as the inciting cause of
- suborn - induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
- compel, obligate, oblige - force somebody to do something
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Cause to occur rapidly (synset 201648064)
"the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
- Reason or establish by induction (synset 200638103)
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Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes (synset 201741298)
referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactionssame as: induct
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