the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To draw out; extract, in a literal or physical sense.
To lead or bring out; cause to appear or be manifested; bring into view or operation; evoke.
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v. develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
v. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Word Usage
"However, my experience in the MFA had more to do with the part of education that shares a common root with the word "educe" - that is, I felt my true writerly self coaxed out from within."