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Definition of Induct

1. Verb. Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position. "There was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"

2. Verb. Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite. "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"

3. Verb. Admit as a member. "We were inducted into the honor society"

4. Verb. Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes.

5. Verb. Introduce or initiate. "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"

Definition of Induct

1. v. t. To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

Definition of Induct

1. Verb. to formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, et cetera. ¹

2. Verb. to introduce into (particularly if certain knowledge or experience is required, such as ritual adulthood or cults). ¹

3. Verb. to draft into military service. ¹

4. Verb. to bring in as a member. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Induct

1. to bring into military service [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Induct

1. 1. To bring in; to introduce; to usher in. "The independent orator inducting himself without further ceremony into the pulpit." (Sir W. Scott) 2. To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies. "The prior, when inducted into that dignity, took an oath not to alienate any of their lands." (Bp. Burnet) Origin: L. Inductus, p. P. Of inducere. See Induce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Induct

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Literary usage of Induct

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

1. East Anglian, Or, Notes and Queries on Subjects Connected with the Counties by Samuel Tymms, Charles Harold Evelyn White, Suffolk Institute of Archaeology (1896)
"Parker to induct Roger Cleyton capm. on presn. of Nicholas Hare Knt. Blakenham P'va. ... To Wm. Clerke and Roger Peres to induct Henry Reynolds priest. ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1871)
"... defendant EOT well: that it shows nothing to justify a refusal of the said bishop to admit, institute, and induct the said John Rcid as the plaintiff's ..."

3. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"Denier, a very small coin ; the twelfth part of a sou ; induct. i. ... Emboss'd, foaming at the mouth; a hunter's term; induct. i. 17. ..."

4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"To BURST, was formerly used for to break. You will not pay for the glasses you have burst. Tarn. Skr., induct. 1. I'll be sworn he never saw him, ..."

5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Skr., induct. For when he's »unk in drink, quit« earth Ы a man > Your Dutchman, »hen he's fait, is like a fox, > thinking, TU full exchange time with him, ..."

6. A Treatise on the Legal Remedies of Mandamus and Prohibition, Habeas Corpus by Horace Gay Wood (1880)
"... a mandamus lies to compel trustees of a religious corporation to induct a pastor, regularly appointed by the proper ecclesiastical authority.3 So, also, ..."

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