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▪ I. educt|ˈiːdʌkt|
[ad. L. ēductum, neut. pa. pple. of ēdūcĕre to educe.]
That which is educed.
1. Chem. ‘A body separated by the decomposition of another in which it previously existed as such, in contradistinction to product, which denotes a compound not previously existing, but formed during the decomposition’ (Watts Dict. Chem.).
1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. 197 To form an idea of the composition of this stone..we must consider the educts of its analysis. 1805Hatchett in Phil. Trans. XCV. 299 In the first experiment it was obtained as a product, and not as an educt. Ibid. 312 note, Consequently the latter..is considered as an original ingredient or educt. 1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 628 The black coloring-matter of such urine is in all probability an educt from carbolic acid.
2. A result of inference or of development.
1816Coleridge Lay Serm. 321 In the Scriptures, they are the living educts of the imagination. 1857Sir W. Hamilton Reid 784 All our Knowledge is an Educt from Experience. 1865Reader 22 July 86/3 Throw revelation overboard, and its educt, natural theology..must bear it company.
▪ II. † eˈduct, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. ēduct- ppl. stem of ēdūcĕre; see prec.]
trans. = educe.
1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 105 Educted, or brought forth out of the Womb of pure Nature. |