'Induct' definitions:
Definition of 'induct'
(from WordNet)
verb
Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy" [syn: induct, invest, seat]
verb
Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty" [syn: initiate, induct]
verb
Admit as a member; "We were inducted into the honor society"
verb
Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes [syn: induce, induct]
verb
Introduce or initiate; "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"
Definition of 'Induct'
From: GCIDE
- Induct \In*duct"\, 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]
Synonyms of 'induct'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Induct'
- Inductance,
- Inducted,
- Inducteous,
- Inducting,
- Induction,
- Inductional,
- Inductive,
- Inductively,
- Inductance coil,
- Induction coil,
- Induction generator,
- Induction motor,
- Induction pipe,
- Induction port,
- Induction valve,
- Inductive embarrassment,
- Inductive method,
- Inductive philosophy,
- Inductive sciences,
- Logical induction,
- Magnetic induction,
- Philosophical induction,
- Successive induction,
- Unipolar induction,
- inductance unit,
- induction accelerator,
- induction heating,
- induction of labor,
- inductive reasoning,
- mutual inductance,
- mutual induction,
- Self-induction,
- Specific inductive capacity,
- coefficient of mutual induction,
- coefficient of self induction,
- neon induction lamp,
- self-inductance,
- unipolar induction action,
- Electro-dynamic induction,
- Electro-magnetic induction,
- Electro-static induction,
- Magneto-electric induction