educe

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Translations

Noun

educe

  1. An inference.

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

educe

  1. third-person singular present indicative of edurre

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

ēdūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēdūcō

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

educe

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

Spanish

Verb

educe

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