induced
v.v. to cause something to happen, especially a physical or medical change. You might use this when a doctor starts a process that would not happen on its own.
v. to bring about or give rise to a specific state or condition; to initiate a physiological process through external intervention. Often used in medical contexts to describe the artificial stimulation of labor or sleep.
The doctor induced sleep with a mild sedative.
The medication was so strong that it induced a state of deep relaxation within minutes.
Economic analysts argue that the sudden shift in interest rates induced a period of market volatility that caught many institutional investors off guard.
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object; frequently used in the passive voice in medical and scientific reporting.
The medicine induced to sleepThe medicine induced sleepInduced is a transitive verb and takes a direct object (a noun) rather than an infinitive phrase starting with 'to'.