/in dukt"/ , v.t.
1. to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., esp. with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
2. to introduce, esp. to something requiring special knowledge or experience; initiate (usually fol. by to or into ): They inducted him into the mystic rites of the order.
3. to take (a draftee) into military service; draft.
4. to bring in as a member: to induct a person into a new profession.
[ 1350-1400; ME inductus ptp. of inducere, equiv. to induc- (see INDUCE) + -tus ptp. suffix ]