Verb

(induc)

To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.

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To cause, bring about, lead to.

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(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.

Verb

and (intransitive)

To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.

* 1977 , ("The Wife of Bath's Tale"), Penguin Classics, p. 290:

Though he had beaten me in every bone / He still could wheedle me to love.

I'd like one of those, too, if you can wheedle him into telling you where he got it.

To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.

* Congreve

A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her.