late 14c., "introduce, initiate, especially into office or employment," from Latin inductus, past participle of inducere "to lead into, introduce" (see induce). Originally of church offices; sense of "draft into military service" is 1917 in American English. Related: Inducted; inducting.
there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
We were inducted into the honor society
The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession
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