/ɪˈduːs/, /ə-/, /ɪˈdjuːs/
OriginBorrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).
- archaic, transitiveTo direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
- transitiveTo infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
- transitiveTo draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
“The justice of God may be vindicated by a belief in a future state; but, only by believing that evil is educing good for the individual, and not for an imaginary whole.”
- transitiveTo isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
- transitiveTo cause or generate; to bring about.
Formseduces(present, singular, third-person) · educing(participle, present) · educed(participle, past) · educed(past)