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educe
[ ih-doos, ih-dyoos ]
verb (used with object)
- to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
- to infer or deduce.
educe
/ ɪˈdjuːs; ɪˈdʌktɪv /
verb
- to evolve or develop, esp from a latent or potential state
- to draw out or elicit (information, solutions, etc)
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Derived Forms
- eˈducible, adjective
- eductive, adjective
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Other Words From
- e·duci·ble adjective
- une·duced adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of educe1
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Example Sentences
It tries to educe—that is, draw out—what is in the child already; its own native instincts and native conscience.
To preserve and educe all we possibly can obtain from their situation, and purpose, is a main duty to history.
We do not have to draw out or educe positive activities from a child, as some educational doctrines would have it.
Much might be said on the teleology by which he tries to educe intelligence from the primordial strife.
But the powers always resided in living forms which he detected and measurably learned to educe and control.
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