āCoffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.ā ā Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
EDUCED
Verb
educed
simple past tense and past participle of educe
Adjective
educed (not comparable)
evoked
deduced
Anagrams
• deduce, deuced
Source: Wiktionary
EDUCE
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
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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