Educe

[i'dju:s]

Definition

(verb.) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); 'We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant'.

Checker: Roberta--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

Inputed by Deborah

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Extract, draw out, bring out.

Editor: Oswald

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Draw, eliminate, produce, elicit

ANT:Adduce, apply, insert, deposit, bestow

Checked by Calvin

Definition

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.

Editor: Vicky