to persuade or influence (somebody) to do something
My being charming … is not enough to induce me to marry; I must find other people charming – one other person at least — Jane Austen
to cause or bring about (something)
to cause (labour) to begin, esp by the use of drugs
to produce (an electric charge, magnetism, etc) by induction
to establish (something) by logical induction; specif to infer (a general principle) from particular cases: compare deduce
inducer noun
inducible adj
[Middle English inducen from Latin inducere, from in-2 + ducere to lead]