Giving a good push to

• Cause to arise
• Act of bringing about a desired result
• Of bodily processes such as fever, illness, etc.
• Cause to act in a specified manner
• Cause to do

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
That induces; inductive v (present participle of induce English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep" [syn: inducement ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.] The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. ...