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Word of the Day - educe

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educe

/ɪˈdjuːs/
verb
[with object]
1 formal - Bring out or develop (something latent or potential)
1.1 Infer (something) from data.

Origin
Late Middle English from Latin educere ‘lead out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + ducere ‘to lead’.

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You say you'll deduce.
While I say I'll educe.
You start from premise stated.
I observe all, unabated.

You come in from a slant
Based upon some cant.
I observe mere fact
And from that, I react.

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But let's just call a truce
And avoid such things abstruse.
Don't want to be too formal.
I'd rather just be normal.

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