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e⋅duce

  [i-doos, i-dyoos]
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–verb (used with object), e⋅duced, e⋅duc⋅ing.
1. to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
2. to infer or deduce.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L ēdūcere, equiv. to ē- e- + dūcere to lead

Related forms:
e⋅duc⋅i⋅ble, adjective
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e·duce   (ĭ-dōōs', ĭ-dyōōs')   
tr.v.   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.

[Middle English educen, to direct the flow of, from Latin ēdūcere : ē-, ex-, ex- + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
e·duc'i·ble adj., e·duc'tion (ĭ-dŭk'shən) n.
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Educe

E*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educed; p. pr. & vb. n. Educing.] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.] 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.

The eternal art educing good from ill. --Pope.

They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves. --M. Arnold.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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educe 
1432, from L. educere (see educate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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