educe

An inference.

Noun

  1. An inference.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).

Verb

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

Forms

educes educing educed

Derived

educement educer educible eduction