inducts
Brings into membership
Inducts is the third-person singular of induct, meaning to formally admit someone into a position, organization, or group.
A hall of fame inducts new members; the military inducts recruits.
The ceremony inducts three legends this year.
The word carries a sense of official ceremony or ritual admission.
Administers oath to
- admitsAllows entrance or confesses
- enrollsFormally joins an institution
- welcomesReceives with hospitality
- installsPuts into service
receives · accepts · inaugurates · introduces · registers · enters · signs up · initiates
Starts or new members
- pledgesFormal promises given
- hazesAtmospheric murk, plural
- rushesMoves very quickly
- admitsAllows entrance or confesses
welcomes · brotherhood · sisterhood · fraternity · sorority · lodge · chapter · secret society
Signs on to serve
- conscriptsCompulsory military personnel
- draftsPreliminary written versions
- commissionsPayments for services rendered
- mustersAssembles or summons
mobilizes · recruits · calls up · activates · registers · swears in · trains · boots
Recognition for achievement
- enshrinesPreserves reverently, formally
- crownsRegal head ornaments
- installsPuts into service
- celebratesHonors with festivities
recognizes · consecrates · ordains · invests · elevates · commemorates · Hall of Fame · laureate
swears in
Administers oath to
- admitsAllows entrance or confesses
- enrollsFormally joins an institution
- welcomesReceives with hospitality
installs · receives · accepts · inaugurates · introduces · registers · enters · signs up · initiates · ushers in
initiates
Starts or new members
admits · welcomes · brotherhood · sisterhood · fraternity · sorority · lodge · chapter · secret society · ritual
enlists
Signs on to serve
- conscriptsCompulsory military personnel
- draftsPreliminary written versions
- commissionsPayments for services rendered
musters · mobilizes · recruits · calls up · activates · registers · swears in · trains · boots · deploys
honors
Recognition for achievement
celebrates · recognizes · consecrates · ordains · invests · elevates · commemorates · Hall of Fame · laureate · distinguished
inductsdischarges
Releases or sends forth
releases · demobilizes · separates · decommissions · exempts
- induction stoveMagnetic-field heated cooktop
- electromagnetic inductionVoltage from field changes
- induction cookingMagnetic field heats pot
- induction coilDevice producing high voltage
- labor inductionArtificially starting childbirth
- Hall of Fame inducteePerson formally honored for excellence
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