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Induct
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What's The Definition Of Induct?
[v] place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "We were inducted into the honor society"
[v] accept young people into society, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty" Synonyms | Synonyms for Induct: initiate | invest | seat Related Terms | Find terms related to Induct: 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 See Also | admit | include | install | let in Induct In Webster's Dictionary \In*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inducted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inducting}.] [L. inductus, p. p. of inducere. See
{Induce}.]
1. To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.
The independent orator inducting himself without
further ceremony into the pulpit. --Sir W.
Scott.
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.
The prior, when inducted into that dignity, took an
oath not to alienate any of their lands. --Bp.
Burnet.
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