Definition of Educe

1. Verb. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning). "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

Exact synonyms: Draw Out, Elicit, Evoke, Extract
Generic synonyms: Construe, Interpret, See

2. Verb. Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state.
Exact synonyms: Derive
Specialized synonyms: Etymologise, Etymologize
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Derivative terms: Derivation, Derivative

Definition of Educe

1. 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.

Definition of Educe

1. Verb. (transitive) To draw out or bring out; elicit or evoke ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To infer or deduce. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Educe

1. to draw forth or bring out [v EDUCED, EDUCING, EDUCES] : EDUCIBLE [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Educe

educationally
educationals
educationese
educationeses
educationist
educationists
educationless
educations
educative
educatively
educator
educators
educatory
educatress
educatresses
educe (current term)
educed
educes
educible
educing
educrat
educrats
educt
eduction
eductions
eductive
eductor
eductors
educts
edulcorant

Literary usage of Educe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Antonyms: see CONDENSE. s. deduce, educe, unfold;—referring to the bringing out of something latent. grow; spec, boom, flower, segment, progress, ripen, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1835)
"To educe to each other nothing but good. " 2 To educe nothing but ill. "3. To educe a combination of good and ill. As to the second, it is not for a moment ..."

3. The Reformed Mennonite Church: Its Rise and Progress, with Its Principles by Daniel Musser (1873)
"... they educe from the Holy Scriptures, saying : Our life, prior to becoming Christians, is sin ; therefore, John the Baptist, Christ and the apostles, ..."

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