educe
Syllables: e·duce/ɪˈdjuːs/US/ɪˈduːs/
educe verb: to direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
Verb
educe (third-person singular simple present educes, present participle educing, simple past and past participle educed)
- To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
- To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
- To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
- The justice of God may be vindicated by a belief in a future state; but, only by believing that evil is educing good for the individual, and not for an imaginary whole.1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men
- To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
- To cause or generate; to bring about.
Noun
educe
- An inference.
educe meaning in Tamil and Kannada
educe in Tamil
- உயர்த்துணர், வெளிக்கொணர்
educe in Kannada
- ಹೊರತರು, ಹೊರಸೆಳೆ, ತೀರ್ಮಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಬರು, ತೀರ್ಮಾನಿಸು
Forms of educe
| third-person singular present | educes |
|---|---|
| present participle | educing |
| past participle | educed |
| past | educed |
Origin of educe
Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).
Words formed from educe
Words that rhyme with educe
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- deduce
- sluice
- unloose
- effuse
- introduce
- mousse
- produce
- recluse
- reproduce
- Rus
- seduce
- spruce
- excuse
- moose
- traduce
- transduce
- vamoose
- Zeus
- abduce
- abstruse
- adduce
- cruse
- diffuse
- disuse
- doos
- douce
- overproduce
- papoose
- reuse
- truce
- unsluice
- Al-Andalus
- ashy-headed goose
- boose
- burnoose
- caduce
- ceruse
- charlotte russe
- Emden goose
- fog juice
- hoose
- ill-use
- incuse
- luce
- misuse
- noose
- obstruse
- overuse
Questions about educe
- What does educe mean?
- Educe means to direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
- What is educe in Tamil?
- Educe in Tamil is உயர்த்துணர், வெளிக்கொணர். See Educe meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is educe?
- Educe can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce educe?
- Educe is pronounced /ɪˈduːs/ (US).
- What is the past tense of educe?
- The past tense of educe is educed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: educe (page history and authors); educe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); educe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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