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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There was no lessening of the shrinking he had always felt from the possible developments which an earnest inquiry into the causes of this crime might educe.
From Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green
Thus the Latin verb du'cere, to draw or lead, is a Latin primitive or root, and from it are formed educe, education, deduction, ductile, reproductive, and several hundred other English words.
From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by William Swinton
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.
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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
Moreover, this tender and pitiful Saviour is the Almighty One who rules both this and the invisible world, and who "from every evil still educes good."
From American Woman's Home by Catharine Esther Beecher
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
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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Real, whether educed from texts containing the institution of the Primacy, or from the inherent properties of the Church.—1.
From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Thomas W. Allies
All that is effected or educed, depending on something ulterior, it is threefold, sentiency, the insentient, and the sentient.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya
As a straight actor, he has the uncanny knack of educing raw emotions from himself and his audience.
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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
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
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
There are more than ten padres engaged in the establishment, and as many sisters, and all find plenty of occupation in educing from native crania the fire of intelligence.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
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