Induct

[ɪn'dʌkt]

Definition

(verb.) introduce or initiate; 'The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession'.

(verb.) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; 'there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy'.

(verb.) admit as a member; 'We were inducted into the honor society'.

Typist: Ludwig--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

(v. t.) To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies.

Typist: Loretta

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Introduce (into office), install, inaugurate.

Editor: Rosalie

Definition

v.t. to introduce: to put in possession as of a benefice.—adj. Induc′tile that cannot be drawn out into wire or threads.—ns. Inductil′ity; Induc′tion introduction to an office especially of a clergyman: an introduction a prelude independent of the main work but giving some notion of its aim and meaning: the act or process of reasoning from particular cases to general conclusions: (physics) the production by one body of an opposite electric state in another by proximity.—adjs. Induc′tional Induc′tive.—n. Induc′tion-coil an electrical machine consisting of two coils of wire in which every variation of the primary or inner current induces a current in the outer or secondary circuit.—adv. Induc′tively.—n. Induc′tor.—Induction by simple enumeration logical induction by enumeration of all the cases singly; Inductive philosophy Bacon's name for science founded on induction or observation; Inductive reasoning opp. to Deductive reasoning (see Deductive); Inductive science any special branch of science founded on positive and observable fact.

Typist: Nicholas