induct
Verbs
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(v) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
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(v) accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
- African men are initiated when they reach puberty
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(v) admit as a member
- We were inducted into the honor society
- (v) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes induce,
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(v) introduce or initiate
- The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession