Thesaurus: induct

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1. v. t. To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
4. v. accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
5. v. admit as a member
6. v. produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
7. v. introduce or initiate
8. 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.
9. v:100 v. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position v. admit as a member v. introduce or initiate