adduce

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English adducen, from Latin addūcere, adductum (to lead or bring to), from ad- + dūcere (to lead). See duke, and compare adduct.

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adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducing, simple past and past participle adduced)

  1. (transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
  2. (transitive, Scots law) To produce in proof.

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Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

adduce

  1. third-person singular present indicative of addurre

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Latin[edit]

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addūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of addūcō

Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin adducere, adductum (to lead or bring to).

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adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducin, simple past adduced, past participle adduced)

  1. to adduce (bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case)
  2. (transitive, Scots law) to adduce (produce in proof)

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