The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Educe \E*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Educing.] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.]
   To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against
   counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to
   educe a form from matter.
   [1913 Webster]

         The eternal art educing good from ill.   --Pope.
   [1913 Webster]

         They want to educe and cultivate what is best and
         noblest in themselves.                   --M. Arnold.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

educe
    v 1: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
         some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
         [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out]
    2: develop or evolve from a latent or potential state [syn:
       derive, educe]