Dictionary entries for 'induct'

Synonyms

in·duct (ĭn-dŭkt́)

[Middle English inducten, from Latin indūcere, induct-; see induce.]

transitive verb: -duct·ed, -duct·ing, -ducts.

To place ceremoniously or formally in an office or a position; install: a service to induct the new president of the university.
1. To admit as a member; receive.
2. To admit to military service: a draftee waiting to be inducted into the army.
3. To introduce, as to new experience or knowledge; initiate: She was inducted into the ways of the legal profession.
Physics To induce.