induct Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
    invest; seat.
    • there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
  2. verb accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
    initiate.
    • African men are initiated when they reach puberty
  3. verb admit as a member
    • We were inducted into the honor society
  4. verb produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
    induce.
  5. verb introduce or initiate
    • The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession

WordNet

In*duct" transitive verb
Etymology
L. inductus, p. p. of inducere. See Induce.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Inducted; present participle & verbal noun Inducting
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913