| Induct 1. (v. t.) To bring in; to admit as a member; to introduce; to usher in. 2. (v. t.) To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies. Thesaurus Entries anoint, bring up, broach, call up, chair, christen, commandeer, conscript, crown, detach, detach for service, draft, enlist, enroll, enthrone, establish, float, found, impress, inaugurate, initiate, install, instate, institute, introduce, invest, join, launch, levy, lift up, list, mobilize, muster, muster in, ordain, place, place in office, press, put in, raise, recruit, register, ring in, set agoing, set on foot, set up, sign on, sign up, start going, start up, summon, swear in, throne, turn on, usher in |