educe
Meanings
verb
- To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
- To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
- To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
- To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
- To cause or generate; to bring about.
noun
- An inference.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).
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