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Verb: educe  i'd(y)oos
Usage: formal
  1. Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
    "The scientist educed a new hypothesis from the experimental data";
    - derive
     
  2. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
    "We educed some interesting linguistic data from the native informant";
    - evoke, elicit, extract, draw out

Derived forms: educing, educes, educed

See also: draw

Type of: construe, create, interpret, make, see