To cause, bring about, lead to.
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
To infer by induction.
To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
To make into a narcotic.
To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug.
To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.).