[Lutecium-group] Fw: A.Word.A.Day--educe

[kika]

pour ceux qui préfèrent découvrir eux-mêmes les signifiés et signifiants qui
leurs intéressent.

j'aime cette liberté, de pouvoir penser, dire, écrire.

les échanges, changements, évolutions qui m'intéressent sont celles qui
m'intéressent et non pas celles qui me sont imposées comme étant celles qui
ont d'intérêt.





----- Original Message -----
From: "Wordsmith" <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
To: <linguaphile at wordsmith.org>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 1:02 AM
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--educe


> This week's theme: words that turn into other words when beheaded.
>
> educe (i-DOOS, i-DYOOS) verb tr.
>
>    1. To draw out; to elicit, as something latent.
>
>    2. To deduce.
>
> [From Latin educere (to draw out), from ex- (out of) + ducere (to lead).
> Ultimately from the Indo-European root deuk- (to lead) that led to
> other words such as duke, conduct, educate, duct, wanton, and tug.]
>
> Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=educe
>
> Duce (DOO-chay) is a loanword from Italian meaning a leader or dictator.
> Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini was known as Il Duce.
>
> -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
>
>   "For a growing number who don't mind putting serious money into home
>    audio, that means reintroducing vacuum tubes into audio components,
>    one of the latest methods designers are using in the never-ending
>    attempt to educe perfect sound, whether from vinyl or silicon."
>    Chris Rubin; Sound Effects; Los Angeles Times; Apr 9, 1996.
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