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educe

[ih-doos, ih-dyoos] / ɪˈdus, ɪˈdjus /


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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the English had the institutions which in France seem to be but the concomitants of despotism, they would educe from them a large amount of political liberty.

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by John Knox Laughton

Of the Word from God that came to Master Hermit: and of his setting out Vias tuas, Domine, demonstra mihi: et semitas tuas educe me.

From The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary by Robert Hugh Benson

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

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

His pontificate, however, was not without its use; since that Providence, which still educes good from evil, made the scandal, which it occasioned to the Christian world, a principal spring of the glorious Reformation.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by William Hickling Prescott

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

And this scheme, by leaving to the geologist in this country and elsewhere, save mayhap in some unknown Asiatic district, his unbroken series, certainly does not conflict with the facts educed by geologic discovery.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Hugh Miller

He had added an empire to the British crown, educed order out of anarchy, and organized a system of administration which, in its essential features, has remained to this time.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord

As a straight actor, he has the uncanny knack of educing raw emotions from himself and his audience.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hammer fell on an empty chamber, rose and fell half a dozen times without educing any response other than the click of metal against metal: demonstrating beyond question that the revolver was unloaded.

From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Arthur William Brown

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

Th’ eternal art, educing good from ill, Grafts on this passion our best principle; ’Tis thus the mercury of man is fix’d: Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix’d.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Samuel Johnson

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




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