Hypertext Webster Gateway: "educe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Educe \E*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Educed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Educing}.] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See {Duke}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
educe
v 1: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
some interesting linguistic data from the native
informant" [syn: {evoke}, {elicit}, {extract}, {draw out}]
2: develop or evolve, esp. from a latent or potential state
[syn: {derive}]
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