abduct
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”)[1].
- (physiology): Back-formation from abduction..[2]
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abduct (third-person singular simple present abducts, present participle abducting, simple past and past participle abducted)
- (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.][3]
- 1904, Jules Verne, chapter 16, The Master of the World[1]:
- That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.
- 1904, Jules Verne, chapter 16, The Master of the World[1]:
- (transitive, physiology) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart. [Early 17th century.][3]
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Translations[edit]
to take away
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to draw away from its ordinary position
Shorthand[edit]
- Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS): a - b - d - u - k - t
- (Version: Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - d - u - k
References[edit]
- ^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 2:
- ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 3:
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 1993 [1940], Thomas, Clayton L. editor, Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, edition 5th, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, ISBN 0-8036-8313-8, page 1:
