in·duce
vt, in*duced in*duc*ing 1 : to cause or bring about <anesthesia inducedby drugs> <an antivitamin … was shown to gross malformation in the young -Americana Annual> : as a (1) : to cause the embryological formation of <the optic cup s lens tissue in the adjacent ectoderm> (2) : to cause to form through embryonic induction < ectoderm to form a neural tube> b : to cause or initiate by artificial means <inducedabortion> <inducedlabor> 2 : to produce anesthesia in <the patient was induced by a mixture of thiopental and curare> .
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