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Induct v. t. (past & past part. inducted; pres. part. inducting)

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in. "The independent orator inducting himself without further ceremony into the pulpit."

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. "The prior, when inducted into that dignity, took an oath not to alienate any of their lands."

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Etymology of 'Induct'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... plan adopted by text-books to lay down a certain formula for drawing an escapement, leaving the pupil to work and reason out the principles involved in the action. In the plan we have adopted we propose to induct the reader into the why and how, and point out to him the rules and methods of analysis of the problem, so that he can, if required, calculate mathematically exactly how many grains of force the fork exerts on the jewel pin, and ...

— Watch and Clock Escapements • Anonymous

... from abetting the unjust congregation of rustics, they rebelled against the new law of the Assembly, and declared, by seven of their number against three, that they were ready to proceed with the trial of the presentee, and to induct him (if found qualified) into the benefice. Upon this, the General Assembly suspended the seven members of presbytery. By that mode of proceeding, the Assembly fancied that they should be able to elude the intentions of the presbytery: it being supposed that, whilst suspended, ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 • Various

... I rejoice to see you looking life-like and rational. The film of the shadow has already passed from off your eyes. Be of heart, and fear nothing. Your allotted days of stupor have expired, and to-morrow I will myself induct you into the full joys and wonders of ...

— Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works • Edgar Allan Poe

... of her, and come speeding in a Rolls-Royce to the Cafe des Exiles, and walk in and humble Papa Dupont with a look of hauteur and confound Mama Therese with a peremptory word, and take Sofia by the hand and lead her out and induct her into such an environment as suited her rightful station: said environment necessarily comprising a town house if not on Park Lane at least nearly adjacent to it, and a country house sitting, in the mellowed beauty ...

— Red Masquerade • Louis Joseph Vance

... and love,—may be more swiftly and more certainly conveyed and diffused: and beyond diffusing media the mechanical arts or sciences cannot get; for they are merely simple facts; nothing more: they cannot induct; for they, in or of themselves, have no inductive powers, and their office is confined to that of carrying and spreading abroad the powers which do induct; which powers make a full, complete, and visible existence only in the fine arts. In FACT and THOUGHT we have the whole question ...

— The Germ - Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art • Various

Words linked to "Induct" : teach, include, inductee, seat, take in, admit, instruct, induce, receive, induction, let in, learn, physics, initiate, invite, bring about, give rise, invest, natural philosophy, produce, install, instal