induct
verb (used with object)
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies.
had inducted
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past perfectof induct.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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While baseball, basketball and hockey had inducted several officials into their Halls of Fame, McNally was the first to receive the honor in the NFL back in August.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
Only a few months earlier, Ingham had inducted Bell into an international P.R. hall of fame, saying that Bell had “created modern P.R.” and “elevated our work.”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 18, 2018
He had inducted his apprentice Thil abbot of the place, and the abbot directed the goldsmith's workshop.
From The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess by Eugène Sue
The Church dismissed them with her blessing and an injunction to persevere in the ways of salvation to which with such meek kindness she had inducted them.
From The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
Minute by minute, he was understanding more fully just what manner of individual his insistence had inducted into his chaste home.
From In And Out by Edgar Franklin
