inductiō ōnis, f 1 in+DVC-, a bringing in, introducing, production, admission: aquarum inductiones: horum (iuvenum in circum), for exhibition, L.

—Fig., a purpose, resolution, determination: animi.

—An inclination, leaning: animi.

—Inphilos., induction, reasoning from instances, generalization, C.

—In rhet., in the phrase, personarum ficta inductio, personification, speaking in an assumed character: erroris inductio, a misguiding, persuasion to error.