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educe
 
SYLLABICATION:e·duce
PRONUNCIATION:  -ds, -dys
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: e·duced, e·duc·ing, e·duc·es
1. To draw or bring out; elicit. See synonyms at evoke. 2. To assume or work out from given facts; deduce.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English educen, to direct the flow of, from Latin dcere : -, ex-, ex- + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:e·duci·ble —ADJECTIVE
e·duction (-dkshn) —NOUN
 
 
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