derive, educe
(verb) develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); “We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
educe (third-person singular simple present educes, present participle educing, simple past and past participle educed)
(transitive, now, rare) To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction. [from 15th c.]
(transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop. [from 17th c.]
(transitive, chemistry) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract. [from 17th c.]
(transitive) To cause or generate; to bring about. [from 19th c.]
educe
An inference.
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Source: Wiktionary
E*duce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educed; p. pr. & vb. n. Educing.] Etym: [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
