n. [ F. aqueduc, OF. aqueduct (Cotgr.), fr. L. aquaeductus; aquae, gen. of aqua water + ductus a leading, ducere to lead. See Aqua, Duke. ] 1. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is also applied to a structure (similar to the ancient aqueducts), for conveying a canal over a river or hollow; more properly called an aqueduct bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beducked ] To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse. “Deep himself beducked.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bedouin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedunged ] To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sprinkle, soil, or cover with dust. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cédule, fr. L. shedula. See Shedule. ] A scroll; a writing; a schedule. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caeduus, fr. caedere to cut down. ] Fit to be felled. [ Obs. ] Eyelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An educating together, of different sexes or races; -- now used almost exclusively in reference to the education males and females together. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

-- Co*ed`u*ca"tion*al a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. credulitas, fr. credulus: cf. F. crédulité. See Credulous. ] Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

That implict credulity is the mark of a feeble mind will not be disputed. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. credulus, fr. credere. See Creed. ] 1. Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eve, our credulous mother. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Believed too readily. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With credulity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond all credulity is the credulousness of atheists. S. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deduced p. pr. & vb. n. Deducing. ] [ L. deducere; de- + ducere to lead, draw. See Duke, and cf. Deduct. ] 1. To lead forth. [ A Latinism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He should hither deduce a colony. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of. [ 1913 Webster ]

O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes
From the dire nation in its early times? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inference; deduction; thing deduced. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deducibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

All properties of a triangle depend on, and are deducible from, the complex idea of three lines including a space. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being brought down. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As if God [ were ] deducible to human imbecility. State Trials (1649). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being deducible; deducibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By deduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That deduces; inferential. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deducting. ] [ L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See Deduce. ] 1. To lead forth or out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To reduce; to diminish. [ Obs. ] “Do not deduct it to days.” Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. taken away. Opposite of added.
Syn. -- subtracted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not one found honestly deductible
From any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deducible; consequential. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deductio: cf. F. déduction. ] 1. Act or process of deducing or inferring. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deduction of one language from another. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. J. R. Seely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent in compensation for services; deductions from income in calculating income taxes.

Syn. -- See Induction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. deductivus derivative. ] Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible. [ 1913 Webster ]

All knowledge of causes is deductive. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a guide. See Deduce. ] (Zool.) The pilot whale or blackfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. déduit. Cf. Deduct. ] Delight; pleasure. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. de- + duplication. ] (Biol.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. éducabilité. ] Capability of being educated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. éducable. ] Capable of being educated. “Men are educable.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Educated p. pr. & vb. n. Educating ] [ L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up (a child). See Educe. ] To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.

Syn. -- To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
Syn. -- student, pupil. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. educatio; cf. F. éducation. ] The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. [ 1913 Webster ]

To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.

Syn. -- Education, Instruction, Teaching, Training, Breeding. Education, properly a drawing forth, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; as, teaching to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks. Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to education. “His educational establishment.” J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a specialist in the theory of eduction.
Syn. -- educationist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.
Syn. -- educationalist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. éducatif. ] Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who educates; a teacher. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Educed p. pr. & vb. n. Educing ] [ L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke. ] To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The eternal art educing good from ill. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being educed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eductum, fr. educere. ] That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eductio. ] The act of drawing out or bringing into view. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eduction pipe, and
Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to draw out; extractive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., tutor. ] One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An edulcorant remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Edulcorate. ] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Edulcorated p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating. ] [ L. e out + dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. édulcorer. ] 1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. édulcoration. ] 1. The act of sweetening or edulcorating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. [ R. ] Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to &unr_;weeten or purify by affusions of water. [ 1913 Webster ]