Meaning of EDUCE
| Pronunciation: | | i'doos
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- [v] develop or evolve, esp. from a latent or potential state
- [v] deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
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| | Synonyms: | | derive, draw out, elicit, evoke, extract |
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| | See Also: | | construe, create, etymologise, etymologize, interpret, make, see | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Educed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Educing}.] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See {Duke}.]
To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against
counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to
educe a form from matter.
The eternal art educing good from ill. --Pope.
They want to educe and cultivate what is best and
noblest in themselves. --M. Arnold.
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| | Related Terms: | | arouse, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, deduce, derive, distill, drag, drag out, draw, draw forth, draw out, elicit, evince, evoke, evolve, excogitate, extort, extract, gain, get, get from, get out of, induce, milk, obtain, procure, pull, reason out, rouse, secure, stimulate, summon forth, summon up, think out, wangle, wangle out of, winkle out, worm out, worm out of, wrest, wring |
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