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Webster 1913 Edition


Educe

E-duce′

,
Verb.
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 1828 Edition


Educe

EDU'CE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. educo, eduxi; e and duco, to lead.]
To bring or draw out; to extract; to produce from a state of occultation.
Th' eternal art educing good from ill.