EDUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does educe mean? 

• EDUCE (verb)
  The verb EDUCE has 2 senses:

1. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

2. develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

  Familiarity information: EDUCE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EDUCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they educe    ... he / she / it educes   
Past simple: educed   
Past participle: educed   
-ing form: educing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

draw out; educe; elicit; evoke; extract

Context example:

We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant

Hypernyms (to "educe" is one way to...):

construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

derive; educe

Hypernyms (to "educe" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "educe"):

etymologise; etymologize (give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something