educe
verb (used with object)
to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
educed
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past participleof educe.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof educe.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
educeverb (used with object)to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
Example Sentences
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In 2013, the Serbian player Viktor Troicki was given an 18-month ban, which was later educed to 12 months, for declining a blood test at a tournament.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2018
He educed a knowing chuckle from the inscrutable Mona Lisa, and screwed up his rubbery face with Chaplinesque glee as Baby Doll rolled out of her famed crib.
From Time Magazine Archive
I recalled what I could of how I had been educed, at age twelve.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
It was one of the many great ideas he imported into, or educed from, the old Persian Astronomer.
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
If any one should here ask: Granted that from phenomena expressed in terms of energy no ultimate law can be educed, yet may not some other view of phenomena lead to other results?
From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by Paul Elmer More
