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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

Ed`uˇca"tionˇist, n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

Ed"uˇcaˇtive (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. éducatif.] Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

Ed"uˇca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who educates; a teacher.

Eˇduce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Educing (?).] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.] To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.

The eternal art educing good from ill.
Pope.
They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves.
M. Arnold.

Eˇdu"ciˇble (?), a. Capable of being educed.

E"duct (?), n. [L. eductum, fr. educere.] That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.

Eˇduc"tion (?), n. [L. eductio.] The act of drawing out or bringing into view.

-- Eduction pipe, and Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.

Eˇduc"tive (?), a. Tending to draw out; extractive.

Eˇduc"tor (?), n. [L., tutor.] One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.

Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether.
E. Darwin.

Eˇdul"coˇrant (?), a. [See Edulcorate.] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.


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