induct

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=duct

CIDE DICTIONARY

induct, v. t. [L. inductus, p. p. of inducere. See Induce.].

•  To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.  [1913 Webster]

  "The independent orator inducting himself without further ceremony into the pulpit."  [1913 Webster]
•  To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies.  [1913 Webster]

  "The prior, when inducted into that dignity, took an oath not to alienate any of their lands."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

induct, v.tr. (often foll. by to, into)
1 introduce formally into possession of a benefice.
2 install into a room, office, etc.
3 introduce, initiate.
4 US enlist (a person) for military service.

Derivative

inductee n.

Etymology

ME (as INDUCE)

THESAURUS

induct

anoint, bring up, broach, call up, chair, christen, commandeer, conscript, crown, detach, detach for service, draft, enlist, enroll, enthrone, establish, float, found, impress, inaugurate, initiate, install, instate, institute, introduce, invest, join, launch, levy, lift up, list, mobilize, muster, muster in, ordain, place, place in office, press, put in, raise, recruit, register, ring in, set agoing, set on foot, set up, sign on, sign up, start going, start up, summon, swear in, throne, turn on, usher in

ROGET THESAURUS

induct

Commission

VB commission, delegate, depute, consign, assign, charge, intrust, entrust, commit, commit to the hands of, authorize, put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain, install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown, enroll, enlist, give power of attorney to, employ, empower, set over, place over, send out, be commissioned, be accredited, represent, stand for, stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.

Churchdom

VB call, ordain, induct, prefer, translate, consecrate, present, take orders, take the tonsure, take the veil, take vows.