induct (v.)

late 14c., "introduce, initiate, especially into office or employment," from Latin inductus, past participle of inducere "to lead into, introduce" (see induce). Originally of church offices; sense of "draft into military service" is 1917 in American English. Related: Inducted; inducting.

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induce (v.)

formerly also enduce, late 14c., "to lead by persuasions or other influences," from Latin inducere "lead into, bring in, introduce, conduct; persuade; suppose, imagine," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + ducere "to lead" (from PIE root *deuk- "to lead"). Meaning "to bring about" in any way (in reference to a trance, a fever, etc.) is from early 15c.; sense of "to infer by reasoning" is from 1560s. Electro-magnetic sense first recorded 1777. Related: Induced; inducing.

andouille (n.)

type of sausage, c. 1600, from French andoille "sausage" (12c.), from Latin inductilia, neuter plural of inductilis, from inducere "to load or put in" (see induct). The original notion was perhaps of the filling "introduced" into the sausage.

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Definitions of induct

induct (v.)

place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;

there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy

Synonyms: invest / seat

induct (v.)

accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite;

Synonyms: initiate

induct (v.)

admit as a member;

We were inducted into the honor society

induct (v.)

produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes;

Synonyms: induce

induct (v.)

introduce or initiate;

The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession

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