"induce" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈduːs/ [General-American], /ɪnˈdjuːs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-induce.ogg [US] Forms: induces [present, singular, third-person], inducing [participle, present], induced [participle, past], induced [past]
Rhymes: -uːs Etymology: From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere, present active infinitive of indūcō (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|enducen}} Middle English enducen, {{der|en|la|indūcere}} Latin indūcere, {{m|la|indūcō||lead in, bring in, introduce}} indūcō (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), {{m|la|in}} in, {{m|la|dūcō||lead, conduct}} dūcō (“lead, conduct”), {{m|en|abduce}} abduce, {{m|en|adduce}} adduce, {{m|en|conduce}} conduce, {{m|en|deduce}} deduce, {{m|en|produce}} produce, {{m|en|reduce}} reduce, {{m|en|endue}} endue Head templates: {{en-verb}} induce (third-person singular simple present induces, present participle inducing, simple past and past participle induced)
  1. (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon. Tags: transitive Synonyms (lead by persuasion or influence): entice, inveigle, put someone up to something
    Sense id: en-induce-en-verb-4c8O37Pr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 7 4 22 11 7 4 Disambiguation of 'lead by persuasion or influence': 73 4 1 9 5 5 2
  2. (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause, bring about, lead to): bewirken (German), verursachen (German), hervorrufen (German), führen zu (German), indurre (Italian), provocare (Italian), peri (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-induce-en-verb-W3NSCQQb Disambiguation of 'to cause, bring about, lead to': 3 63 0 27 1 4 1
  3. (transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-induce-en-verb-jUxfekRY
  4. (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction. Categories (topical): Physics Translations ((physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)): индуцирам (induciram) (Bulgarian), induzieren (German), indurre (Italian), indukovať (Slovak), inducir (Spanish), anwytho (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-induce-en-verb-vHl9u4Lx Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of '(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)': 2 37 1 56 2 2 1
  5. (transitive, logic) To infer by induction. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-induce-en-verb-uqfOxeLu Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-induce-en-verb-Cq4bld5~
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-induce-en-verb-NhZCiZxk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (to cause): bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke Derived forms: enzyme-inducing medication, self-induce Related terms: inducement, inducer, inducible, induct, induction Translations (to cause; persuade; force): inducir (Asturian), убеждавам (ubeždavam) (Bulgarian), накарвам (nakarvam) (Bulgarian), induir (Catalan), opwekken (Dutch), veroorzaken (Dutch), overhalen (Dutch), forceren (Dutch), aiheuttaa (Finnish), aikaansaada (Finnish), houkutella (Finnish), induire (French), inducir (Galician), dazu bringen (German), anstacheln (German), okoz (Hungarian), létrehoz (Hungarian), előidéz (Hungarian), kelt (Hungarian), rávesz (english: persuade) (Hungarian), rábír (english: persuade) (Hungarian), induktar (Ido), persuadere (Italian), incitare (Italian), បង្ក (bɑŋkɑɑ) (Khmer), induco (Latin), whakapakepake (Maori), forårsake (Norwegian Bokmål), indusir (Occitan), induir (Occitan), induzir (Portuguese), побужда́ть (pobuždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), убежда́ть (ubeždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), склоня́ть (sklonjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заставля́ть (zastavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), vyvolať (Slovak), indukovať (Slovak), inducir (Spanish), peri (Welsh), cymell (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'to cause': 1 50 1 44 1 2 2 Disambiguation of 'to cause; persuade; force': 3 49 1 43 1 2 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club",
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      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "előidéz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "kelt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "persuade",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "rávesz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "persuade",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "rábír"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induktar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "persuadere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "incitare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑŋkɑɑ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "បង្ក"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "whakapakepake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "forårsake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "indusir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induzir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pobuždátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "побужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeždátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "убежда́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sklonjátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "склоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заставля́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "vyvolať"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "indukovať"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "inducir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "peri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 49 1 43 1 2 2",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "cymell"
    }
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}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “logic”",
      "word": "deduce"
    }
  ],
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/uːs",
    "Rhymes:English/uːs/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "enzyme-inducing medication"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-induce"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "enducen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English enducen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "indūcere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin indūcere",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "indūcō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lead in, bring in, introduce"
      },
      "expansion": "indūcō (“lead in, bring in, introduce”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "in",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dūcō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lead, conduct"
      },
      "expansion": "dūcō (“lead, conduct”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "abduce"
      },
      "expansion": "abduce",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adduce"
      },
      "expansion": "adduce",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "conduce"
      },
      "expansion": "conduce",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "deduce"
      },
      "expansion": "deduce",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "produce"
      },
      "expansion": "produce",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "reduce"
      },
      "expansion": "reduce",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "endue"
      },
      "expansion": "endue",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere, present active infinitive of indūcō (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "induces",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inducing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "induced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "induced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "induce (third-person singular simple present induces, present participle inducing, simple past and past participle induced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "inducement"
    },
    {
      "word": "inducer"
    },
    {
      "word": "inducible"
    },
    {
      "word": "induct"
    },
    {
      "word": "induction"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "incite",
          "incite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause, bring about, lead to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "bring about",
          "bring about"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy cow about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "labour",
          "labour"
        ],
        [
          "pregnant",
          "pregnant"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30",
          "text": "The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "induction",
          "induction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Logic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To infer by induction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
        ],
        [
          "infer",
          "infer"
        ],
        [
          "induction",
          "induction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, logic) To infer by induction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lead in, bring in, introduce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lead in",
          "lead in"
        ],
        [
          "bring in",
          "bring in"
        ],
        [
          "introduce",
          "introduce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw on, place upon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw on",
          "draw on"
        ],
        [
          "place upon",
          "place upon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈduːs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈdjuːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːs"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/En-us-induce.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "lead by persuasion or influence",
      "word": "entice"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lead by persuasion or influence",
      "word": "inveigle"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lead by persuasion or influence",
      "word": "put someone up to something"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cause",
      "word": "bring about"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cause",
      "word": "instigate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cause",
      "word": "prompt"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cause",
      "word": "stimulate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cause",
      "word": "trigger"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cause",
      "word": "provoke"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "inducir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubeždavam",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "убеждавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nakarvam",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "накарвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induir"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "opwekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "veroorzaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "overhalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "forceren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "aiheuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "aikaansaada"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "houkutella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "inducir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "dazu bringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "anstacheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "okoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "létrehoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "előidéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "kelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "persuade",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "rávesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "persuade",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "rábír"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induktar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "persuadere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "incitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑŋkɑɑ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "បង្ក"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induco"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "whakapakepake"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "forårsake"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "indusir"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "induzir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pobuždátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "побужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeždátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "убежда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sklonjátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "склоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заставля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "vyvolať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "indukovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "inducir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "peri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to cause; persuade; force",
      "word": "cymell"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
      "word": "bewirken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
      "word": "verursachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
      "word": "hervorrufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
      "word": "führen zu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
      "word": "indurre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
      "word": "provocare"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to cause, bring about, lead to",
      "word": "peri"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "induciram",
      "sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
      "word": "индуцирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
      "word": "induzieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
      "word": "indurre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
      "word": "indukovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
      "word": "inducir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)",
      "word": "anwytho"
    }
  ],
  "word": "induce"
}

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