inducev. t.[L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.]()1. To lead in; to introduce.()The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. (Pope.)()2. To draw on; to overspread.(Cowper.)3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence.(Shak.)He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted. (Paley.)Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation. (Dryden.)4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by exposure to a allergen.()Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves. (Bacon.)5. (Physics) To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state.()6. (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.()7. (Genetics, Biochemistry) To cause the expression of (a gene or gene product) by affecting a transcription control element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative control or by activating a positive control; to derepress; as, lactose induces the production of beta-galactosidase in Eschericia coli..()()