to educe
- verb
- /ɪˈdjuːs/
- Formal
:
extraer
- Not that this something from which the form is educed is such that it becomes some part of the form to be produced, but it is rather that which can be and will become the form, even as a rosebud becomes a rose.
- educe the form
The definition for education comes from the Latin root word at do say, EDUCE, A do say.
- The definition for education comes from the Latin root word at do say, EDUCE, A do say.
Examples
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Indukere in Latin means to educate, to bring out of you what's the best in you.
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All that is needed is some external agent to bring the elements of that system together, for, as Bonaventure puts it, "in matter itself there is something co-created with it from which the agent acting in matter educes the form."
Academic text (1990) -
Britain, while claiming to educe the powers of the traditional rulers, enhanced them.
Academic text (1991) -
At work here is a well-known principle of Bonaventure's understanding of creation, namely, the doctrine of seminal reasons: forms exist in matter potentially and are brought to actuality when they are educed from matter under the influence of light.
Academic text (2008) -
The movement in a eurhythmics class represents the students' solutions to a dynamic and infinite array of musical puzzles posed by the teacher—puzzles designed to educe musical skills and insights.
Academic text (1994) -
The authors hypothesized that "educed feedback practice conditions ... increase information-processing demands during practice that are advantageous to the relatively permanent effects associated with motor learning observed in a delayed retention test" (p. 721).
Academic text (2010) -
For in his interesting Aristotelian interpretation of how St. Augustine's theory of seminal reasons might be explained according to the science of his own day, he argued that if the potencies be understood as active rather than passive, then the Aristotelian formula that the new substantial form is educed from the potency of matter made sense.
Academic text (1990) -
I was still stupidly honest with the (condescending and belittling) medical staff, so when their therapies failed to educe the expected remission, they forced me to undergo bilateral high-voltage ECT.
Blog text (32) -
The teacher used different techniques to educe creativity from her students.
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During the interview, he tried to educe the candidate's true skills and experiences.
Synonyms
478
1.0
To make secret information known to other people
166
3.9
To remove something from somewhere, often by effort, or to get information
146
2.8
Make something visible by removing a cover or letting light reach it
40
5.3
To get an answer or other reaction from someone by asking
37
5.1
Develop from something that existed but was not obvious
18
3.8
Remove something from where it is, for example a nail or a secret
How Much
- Formal
166
3.9
18
3.8
- Formal
40
5.3
76
3.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word educe comes from the Latin educere, made of e- 'out' and ducere 'to lead'. So to educe is to 'lead out' an idea or fact from what is hidden or unclear, the same root you see in words like produce and reduce.