educe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere, present active infinitive of ēdūcō (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).

verb

1. (transitive, now rare) To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
2. (transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
3. (transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
4. (transitive, chemistry) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
5. (transitive) To cause or generate; to bring about.

noun

1. An inference.