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induce
1. v. To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
2. v. To cause, bring about, lead to.
His meditation induced a compromise.   Opium induces sleep.
3. v. (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
4. v. (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
5. v. (transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon.

Example Sentences

He helped induce just enough diplomatic delay for the American military to perfect their preparations on the ground.

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