Verb

(abett)

(obsolete) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.

To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.

* 1823 , Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish :

Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.

(archaic) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid any good cause, opinion, or action; to maintain.

* 1835 , Jeremy Taylor, George Rust, The whole works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor :

Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted .

(obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

Verb

(induc)

To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}

To cause, bring about, lead to.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 20, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club

, title= TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992) , passage=A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy. }}

(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.

(logic) To infer by induction.

(obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.

(obsolete) To draw on, place upon.