induct

induct
/in dukt"/, v.t.
1. to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., esp. with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
2. to introduce, esp. to something requiring special knowledge or experience; initiate (usually fol. by to or into): They inducted him into the mystic rites of the order.
3. to take (a draftee) into military service; draft.
4. to bring in as a member: to induct a person into a new profession.
[1350-1400; ME < L inductus ptp. of inducere, equiv. to induc- (see INDUCE) + -tus ptp. suffix]

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