Definition: induce

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

induce
     v 1: cause to arise; "induce a crisis" [syn: bring on]
     2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner: "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" [syn: stimulate,
         cause, have, get, make]
     3: of bodily processes such as fever, illness, etc. [syn: stimulate,
         rush, hasten]
     4: reason or establish by induction

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Induce \In*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Induced; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Inducing.] [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere
   to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.]
   1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]

            The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the
            first Iliad.                          --Pope.