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educe

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere, present active infinitive of ēdūcō (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) dūcō (“lead, pull”).

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educe (third-person singular simple present educes, present participle educing, simple past and past participle educed)

  1. (transitive, now rare) To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction. [from 15th c.]
  2. (transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises. [from 16th c.]
  3. (transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop. [from 17th c.]
  4. (transitive, chemistry) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract. [from 17th c.]
  5. (transitive) To cause or generate; to bring about. [from 19th c.]

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Noun

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educe

  1. An inference.

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Italian

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educe

  1. third-person singular present indicative of edurre

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Latin

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ēdūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēdūcō

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educe

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of educa

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Verb

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educe

  1. inflection of educir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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