educe

e·duce

E0044300 (ĭ-do͞os′, ĭ-dyo͞os′)tr.v. e·duced, e·duc·ing, e·duc·es 1. To draw or bring out; elicit. See Synonyms at evoke.2. To infer or work out from given facts: educe principles from experience.

[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.

educe

(ɪˈdjuːs) vb (tr) 1. to evolve or develop, esp from a latent or potential state2. to draw out or elicit (information, solutions, etc)[C15: from Latin ēdūcere to draw out, from ē- out + dūcere to lead] eˈducible adj eductive adj

e•duce

(ɪˈdus, ɪˈdyus)

v.t. e•duced, e•duc•ing. 1. to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop. 2. to infer or deduce. [1400–50; < Latin ēdūcere=ē- e- + dūcere to lead] e•duc′i•ble, adj. e•duc•tion (ɪˈdʌk ʃən) n. e•duc′tor, n.

educe

Past participle: educed
Gerund: educing

Imperative
educe
educe

Present
I educe
you educe
he/she/it educes
we educe
you educe
they educe

Preterite
I educed
you educed
he/she/it educed
we educed
you educed
they educed

Present Continuous
I am educing
you are educing
he/she/it is educing
we are educing
you are educing
they are educing

Present Perfect
I have educed
you have educed
he/she/it has educed
we have educed
you have educed
they have educed

Past Continuous
I was educing
you were educing
he/she/it was educing
we were educing
you were educing
they were educing

Past Perfect
I had educed
you had educed
he/she/it had educed
we had educed
you had educed
they had educed

Future
I will educe
you will educe
he/she/it will educe
we will educe
you will educe
they will educe

Future Perfect
I will have educed
you will have educed
he/she/it will have educed
we will have educed
you will have educed
they will have educed

Future Continuous
I will be educing
you will be educing
he/she/it will be educing
we will be educing
you will be educing
they will be educing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been educing
you have been educing
he/she/it has been educing
we have been educing
you have been educing
they have been educing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been educing
you will have been educing
he/she/it will have been educing
we will have been educing
you will have been educing
they will have been educing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been educing
you had been educing
he/she/it had been educing
we had been educing
you had been educing
they had been educing

Conditional
I would educe
you would educe
he/she/it would educe
we would educe
you would educe
they would educe

Past Conditional
I would have educed
you would have educed
he/she/it would have educed
we would have educed
you would have educed
they would have educed

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	educe - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"elicit, evoke, extract, draw outconstrue, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
	2.	educe - develop or evolve from a latent or potential statederiveetymologise, etymologize - give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word); "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly"; "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing"create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

educe

verb1. To call forth or bring out (something latent, hidden, or unexpressed):draw (out), elicit, evoke, summon.2. To arrive at through reasoning:derive, evolve, excogitate.

Translations

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verb to call forth or bring out (something latent, hidden, or unexpressed)

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verb to arrive at through reasoning

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verb deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

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verb develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

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