educe
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Every song in her discographical universe matters, and any surprise song she chooses will invariably educe outpourings of jubilation.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2023
I think that there should’ve been more discussion of what we educe from his philosophy about these issues of privacy and personal liberty that appear discussed at length in his book.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2017
He spreads them out, classifies them; then pores, probes, weighs, analyzes, to educe both a composite picture of the author and a meticulous evaluation of the cumulus itself.
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Now the truth is, that the physical philosopher has frequently to conceive law which never was in his previous thought—to educe the unknown, not to choose among the known.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
From the misery of our civil strife we may educe a future happiness, as well as a present blessedness.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various
Because terrorism educes such strong emotions, it has led to at least five myths.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 19, 2013
Mr. Crowther, a skilled publicist, lengthily educes the candidate's fitness for office from his record in other offices.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It is no answer to this question to suggest that war educes many splendid qualities.
From Armageddon—And After by W. L. (William Leonard) Courtney
The Mogul is indeed an educational establishment, but unfortunately it educes the wrong set of faculties.
From The Night Side of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
I cannot conclude my letter better, than by assuring my dear ——, that such is the trust and confidence we all repose in the Being, who out of evil still educes good.”
From Samboe; or, The African Boy by Mary Ann Hedge
In 2013, the Serbian player Viktor Troicki was given an 18-month ban, which was later educed to 12 months, for declining a blood test at a tournament.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2018
He educed a knowing chuckle from the inscrutable Mona Lisa, and screwed up his rubbery face with Chaplinesque glee as Baby Doll rolled out of her famed crib.
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I recalled what I could of how I had been educed, at age twelve.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Teachings of history and observation show that the overruling power is attended and guided by far—very far—reaching prescience; and also that many of man’s greatest blessings are educed from temporal evils of vast magnitude.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
In the absence of certain knowledge, conjectural opinions, such as the writer has here educed, are not unprofitable; rather the reverse.
From Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
As a straight actor, he has the uncanny knack of educing raw emotions from himself and his audience.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This view of latency collates a lot of facts—secondary sexual characters in each individual; tendency of latent character to appear temporarily in youth; effect of crossing in educing talent, character, etc.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
Examine its value as compared with the other in introducing a new and amusing error, and educing puns that are suggested by this, and therefore not independent of the plot.
From Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies by Charlotte Endymion Porter
Natural selection holds that no such change can take place without the influence of altered external circumstances educing or eliciting such change.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
It will always be true, therefore, that the lazy and the pompous will have no aim beyond educing monosyllabic answers.
From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Amos R. Wells
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