Literary notes about induct (AI summary)
The word "induct" is employed across a range of literary contexts to signify the act of initiation or entry into a new state, role, or community. In some passages it is used to describe formal ceremonies—be it the installation of ministers into office ([1], [2]) or the conferral of academic honors ([3])—while in others it carries a more metaphorical weight, ushering characters into novel experiences or realms of understanding ([4], [5]). Moreover, the term can imply a transition into new social or emotional roles, whether it is inviting someone into the intimacies of a mystery ([6]) or integrating them into a familiar domestic sphere ([7]). This diversity of usage underscores its versatility in marking beginnings, whether formal or allegorical ([8], [9]).
- We must, therefore, extend the statutory authority to induct men for two years of military service.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents - Inaugurate To inaugurate means to induct into office or to set in motion with formality and serious ceremony.
— from Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by John Hendricks Bechtel - His book is an achievement which should induct Señor de Loyarte into membership in several more academies.
— from Youth and Egolatry by Pío Baroja - Your allotted days of stupor have expired, and to-morrow I will myself induct you into the full joys and wonders of your novel existence.
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe Including Essays on Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe - With your permission, Mr. Grandon, I will induct Mrs. Grandon into the enchanting mystery.
— from Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda M. Douglas - "Is that all?" asks this disconcerting heroine, after she had bribed with silver a stout peasant lad to induct her into the mystery of sex.
— from Painted Veils by James Huneker - "Now, my dear girl," said the housekeeper, "I will induct you into your duties.
— from St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, No 10, August 1878 Scribner's Illustrated by Various - 145 Baden Powell, Hist. of Nat. Philos. 1834, p. 97; Whewell, Hist. of the Induct.
— from A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 1 of 2Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson - "Take off your coat, waistcoat, and cravat, and induct yourself into Mr. Creede's duplicates of those articles.
— from In the Dead of Night: A Novel. Volume 2 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight
