abducent

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

  • From Latin abducō (“to lead away”)

Pronunciation [edit]

(US) IPA: /æbˈdus.ənt/, /æbˈdjus.ənt/

Adjective [edit]

abducent (comparative more abducent, superlative most abducent)

  1. Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; abducting. [Late 17th century.][1]

Antonyms [edit]

Noun [edit]

abducent (plural abducents)

  1. That which abducts; an abducens.

References [edit]

  1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 3:
  • abducent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

abdūcent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of abdūcō
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