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