educe🔊

(now rare) To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.

To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.

To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.

(chemistry) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.

To cause or generate; to bring about.

An inference.