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(in dukt′)

transitive verb

Obsolete to bring or lead in
to place in a benefice or official position with formality or ceremony; install
1. to bring formally into a society or organization; initiate
2. to provide with knowledge or experience of something, esp. something not open to all: inducting them into the secrets of the trade
3. ☆ to enroll (esp. a draftee) in the armed forces

Origin: ME inducten < L inductus, pp. of inducere: see induce

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transitive verb in·duct·ed, in·duct·ing, in·ducts

To place ceremoniously or formally in an office or a position; install: a service to induct the new president of the university.
a. To admit as a member; receive.
b. To admit to military service: a draftee waiting to be inducted into the army.
c. To introduce, as to new experience or knowledge; initiate: She was inducted into the ways of the legal profession.
Physics To induce.

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Origin: Middle English inducten

Origin: , from Latin indūcere, induct-; see induce

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