abduce
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) (1530's) From Latin abdūcō (“lead away”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + dūcō (“lead”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uːs
Verb
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- (transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body;abduct. [Mid 16th century.][1]
- If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. - Sir T. Browne
- (transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce. [Mid 20th century.][1]
Translations
transitive, obsolete: to draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abduce”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
Italian
Verb
abduce
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) abdūce
Spanish
Verb
abduce
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/uːs
- English transitive verbs
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- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ir