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Verb: induct  in'dúkt
  1. Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
    "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy";
    - invest, seat
     
  2. Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
    "African men are inducted when they reach puberty";
    - initiate
     
  3. Admit as a member
    "We were inducted into the honour society"
     
  4. (physics) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
    - induce
     
  5. Introduce or initiate
    "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"

Derived forms: inducted, inducting, inducts

Type of: admit, bring about, give rise, include, instal, install, instruct, invite, learn, let in, produce, receive, take in, teach