abducent

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English

Etymology

From Latin abducō (to lead away).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

Translations

Noun

abducent (plural abducents)

  1. That which abducts; an abducens.

References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abducent”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) abdūcent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of abdūcō