educe

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: e=duce

CIDE DICTIONARY

educe, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]
"The eternal art educing good from ill."  [1913 Webster]
"They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

educe, v.tr.
1 bring out or develop from latent or potential existence; elicit.
2 infer; elicit a principle, number, etc., from data.

Derivative

educible adj. eduction n. eductive adj.

Etymology

ME f. L educere educt- lead out (as E-, ducere lead)

THESAURUS

educe

arouse, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, deduce, derive, distill, drag, drag out, draw, draw forth, draw out, elicit, evince, evoke, evolve, excogitate, extort, extract, gain, get, get from, get out of, induce, milk, obtain, procure, pull, reason out, rouse, secure, stimulate, summon forth, summon up, think out, wangle, wangle out of, winkle out, worm out, worm out of, wrest, wring

ROGET THESAURUS

educe

Extraction

VB extract, draw, take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out, wring from, wrench, extort, root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out, eradicate, pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots, averruncate, unroot, uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge, remove, educe, elicit, evolve, extricate, eliminate, eviscerate, express, squeeze out, press out.

Discovery

VB discover, find, determine, evolve, learn, fix upon, pick up, find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out, fathom, bring out, draw out, educe, elicit, bring to light, dig out, grub up, fish up, unearth, disinter, solve, resolve, elucidate, unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open, pick up, open the lock, find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle, interpret, disclose, trace, get at, hit it, have it, lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon, spot, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head, be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn, smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat, open the eyes to, see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot, detect, catch, catch tripping, pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon, come across, come onto, meet with, meet up with, fall in with, recognize, realize, verify, make certain of, identify, Int, eureka!, aha!, I've got it!.