INDUCE Copy link • INDUCEPersuade, move, etc., adducere ad aliquid (often with the gerund; also with ut; to lead to): inducere ad aliquid (often with gerund; also with ut; mostly to something bad or hurtful): persuadere alicui, ut, etc. (to persuade him): commovere aliquem ad aliquid (to move him to it): incitare or concitare aliquem ad aliquid (to excite him to it): auctorem esse, ut; impellere aliquem, ut, etc. (to urge him, etc.). You induce me to agree with you, adducis me, ut tibi assentiar (Cic.): to be induced to do anything by the prospect of gain, induci aliquo emolumento ad agendum aliquid: not to be easily induced to believe, non facile adduci ad credendum. I shall not be induced to believe this, hoc quidem non adducar, ut credam. Introduce, cause, importare: inferre; sometimes facere, afferre, commovere (e.g., dolorem). Introduce in a dialogue, play, etc. (“he induced his personages,” etc. Pope), inducere (e.g., Epicurus... deos induxit perlucidos et perflabiles, Cic.).