Verb
- 1. induct, invest, seat, install, instal
- usage: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
- 2. initiate, induct, admit, let in, include
- usage: accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"
- 3. induct, receive, take in, invite
- usage: admit as a member; "We were inducted into the honor society"
- 4. induce, induct, produce, bring about, give rise
- usage: produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
- 5. induct, teach, learn, instruct
- usage: introduce or initiate; "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"
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