## Meanings
1. To cause something to happen or to produce a particular effect.
2. To persuade or influence someone to do something.
3. To start labour in a pregnant woman with medical help.

## Examples
- Certain foods can induce sleep.
- Nothing could induce him to change his mind.
- The doctor decided to induce her a week before the due date.

## Derived Forms
- autoinduce
- chondroinduce
- coinduce
- deinduce
- hyperinduce
- induceable
- inducee
- inducive
- preinduce
- reinduce
- self-induce
- subinduce

## Related Forms
- inducement
- inducer
- inducible
- induct
- induction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dewk-
- Root: enducen
- Root: indūcō

## Etymology
From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.

## AI Etymology
Induce is from Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *dewk- (Proto-Indo-European), enducen (Middle English), and indūcō (Latin). Current senses include to cause something to happen or to produce a particular effect and to persuade or influence someone to do something. The wider family includes derived forms such as autoinduce, chondroinduce, coinduce, deinduce, and hyperinduce; related words such as inducement, inducer, inducible, and induct.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Actions & Processes

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