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induct

[ in-duhkt ]

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verb (used with object)

to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
The committee inducted her as president.
to introduce, especially to something requiring special knowledge or experience; initiate (usually followed by to or into ):
They inducted him into the mystic rites of the order.
to take (a draftee) into military service; draft.
to bring in as a member:
to induct a person into a new profession.

induct

/ ɪ��ˈ��ʌ�� /

verb

to bring in formally or install in an office, place, etc; invest
foll byto or into to initiate in knowledge (of)
to enlist for military service; conscript
physics another word for induce induce

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Other Word Forms

��i��·��ܳ�� verb (used with object)
�ܲ�i��·��ܳ��Ļ� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of induct¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin inductus, past participle of ��Ի�ū��, equivalent to induc- “to introduce, lead in” + -tus past participle suffix; induce

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Word History and Origins

Origin of induct¹

C14: from Latin inductus led in, past participle of ��Ի�ū�� to introduce; see induce

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She was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame in the late 1990s.

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It’s an anticlimactic return that feels more intended to scrub the remaining tarnish from her image than it does to induct her back into Vanderpump’s fold.

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Howard will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in September.

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“I’m excited to join Ice Cube and the BIG3 — especially right after being inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame,” Howard said in a statement.

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Miller was inducted into the Hall of Fame at both his high school and university.

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