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ɪˈdus, ɪˈdyuseduce

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw outverb

    deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

    "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

  2. derive, educeverb

    develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

Wiktionary

  1. educeverb

    To draw out or bring out; elicit or evoke

  2. educeverb

    To infer or deduce.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To EDUCEverb

    To bring out; to extract; to produce from a state of occultation.

    Etymology: educo, Latin.

    All that can be made of the power of matter, is a receptive capacity; and we may as well affirm, that the world was educed out of the power of space, and give that as a reason of its original: in this language, to grow rich, were to educe money out of the power of the pocket. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

    This matter must have lain eternally confined to its beds of earth, were there not this agent to educe it thence. John Woodward, Natural History, p. iii.

    Th’ eternal art educes good from ill,
    Grafts on this passion our best principle. Alexander Pope, Ess. on Man.

ChatGPT

  1. educe

    To educe is to draw out, develop, or bring out something latent, potential, or unexpressed. It can also refer to the process of deducing or inferring information from data or other sources. The term also extends to the field of education, meaning to develop and train capabilities and skills.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Educeverb

    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

  2. Etymology: [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Educe

    ē-dūs′, v.t. to draw out: to extract: to cause to appear.—n. inference.—adj. Educ′ible, that may be educed or brought out and shown.—ns. E′duct, what is educed; Educ′tion, the act of educing; Educ′tion-pipe, the pipe by which the exhaust steam is led from the cylinder of a steam-engine into the condenser or the atmosphere; Educ′tor, he who, or that which, educes. [L. educĕre, eductume, out, and ducĕre, to lead.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Educe in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Educe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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