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educes

educes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of educe.

Meaning of educe

Verb

educe (third-person singular simple present educes, present participle educing, simple past and past participle educed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
  2. (transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
  3. (transitive) 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
  4. (transitive) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
  5. (transitive) To cause or generate; to bring about.

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Questions about educes

What is educes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Educes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of educe.

Words near educes in the dictionary

  1. educed
  2. educement
  3. educements
  4. educer
  5. educers
  6. educes
  7. educible
  8. educing
  9. educive
  10. educological
  11. educologically

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