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educing

educing is the present participle and gerund 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 educing

What is educing the present participle and gerund of?
Educing is the present participle and gerund of educe.

Words near educing in the dictionary

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

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