What is "inducing"

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.

2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism]
   --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..

   Syn: To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate.

1. That induces; inductive v

2. (present participle of induce English)

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