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Found 3 hits - Term: induct, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
induct \induct"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. inducted; p. pr.  vb.
   n. inducting. l. inductus, p. p. of inducere. see
   induce.
   1913 webster
   1. to bring in; to introduce; to usher in.
      1913 webster

            the independent orator inducting himself without
            further ceremony into the pulpit.     --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   2. to introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual
      possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical
      living, or of any other office, with the customary forms
      and ceremonies.
      1913 webster

            the prior, when inducted into that dignity, took an
            oath not to alienate any of their lands. --bp.
                                                  burnet.
      1913 webster
see also:
inducted inducting induce 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
induct
     v 1: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;
          "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the
          academy" syn: invest, seat
     2: accept young people into society, usually with some rite;
        "african men are initiated when they reach puberty" syn:
        initiate
     3: admit as a member; "we were inducted into the honor society"
     4:  produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic
        processes syn: induce
     5: introduce or initiate; "the young geisha was inducted into
        the ways of her profession"
see also:
invest seat initiate induce 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 moby thesaurus words for "induct":
   anoint, bring up, broach, call up, chair, christen, commandeer,
   conscript, crown, detach, detach for service, draft, enlist,
   enroll, enthrone, establish, float, found, impress, inaugurate,
   initiate, install, instate, institute, introduce, invest, join,
   launch, levy, lift up, list, mobilize, muster, muster in, ordain,
   place, place in office, press, put in, raise, recruit, register,
   ring in, set agoing, set on foot, set up, sign on, sign up,
   start going, start up, summon, swear in, throne, turn on,
   usher in





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Magnetic Induct >> M Words
Magnetic Induct, definition of term: Magnetic Induct
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