educe

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈduːs/, /ə-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈdjuːs/, /ə-/
• Rhymes: -uːs
• Hyphenation: e‧duce

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.
2. (transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
3. (transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
   • 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men‎:

     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.

4. (transitive, chemistry) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
5. (transitive) To cause or generate; to bring about.

educe

1. An inference.

• deuce

educe

1. third-person singular present indicative of edurre

• cedue

ēdūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēdūcō

• IPA^(key):

educe

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

educe

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