educe

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1. Latin · borrowed fromēdūcere“lead out, raise up”
2. English todayeduce

Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).

First known use, by meaning

• from 15th c. To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
• from 16th c. To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
• from 17th c. To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
• from 17th c. To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
• from 19th c. To cause or generate; to bring about.