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1. Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
   "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy";
   - invest, seat
    
2. Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
   "African men are inducted when they reach puberty";
   - initiate
    
3. Admit as a member
   "We were inducted into the honour society"
    
4. (physics) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
   - induce
    
5. Introduce or initiate
   "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"

Derived forms: inducted, inducting, inducts

Type of: admit, bring about, give rise, include, instal, install, instruct, invite, learn, let in, produce, receive, take in, teach