Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb educe
2 senses of educe
Sense 1
educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out -- (deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant")
=> interpret, construe, see -- (make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?")
Sense 2
derive, educe -- (develop or evolve from a latent or potential state)
=> make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")