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abduco

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abduco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abdurre

Latin

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Etymology

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    From ab- (from, away from) +‎ dūcō (to lead, to conduct).

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    Verb

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    abdūcō (present infinitive abdūcere, perfect active abdūxī, supine abductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

    1. (literally)
      1. (in general) to lead away or aside, take away, bring away, carry off; detach, remove
        Synonyms: abdō, āmandō, āmōlior, āmoveō, aspellō, auferō, dēmoveō, dētrahō, exhauriō, eximō, relēgō, legō, removeō, submoveō, sperno, āvertō, eximō, dēmō
        Antonym: addō
      2. (in particular):
        1. to take (with one) to dine
        2. to take aside
        3. to carry off or away forcibly; rob, ravish
      Synonyms: rapiō, dīripiō, ēripiō, adimō, rapiō, corripiō, auferō, āmoveō, āvertō, tollō, praedor, agō
      1. (law) take away, drive away
    2. (figurative)
      1. (in general) to lead away, separate, distinguish
      2. (in particular):
        1. to seduce, charm, attract or entice away, pervert; alienate from fidelity or allegiance
          Synonyms: allicefaciō, corrumpō, pelliciō, sēdūcō
        2. to withdraw, draw off, hinder (from a study, pursuit, duty, etc.)
          Synonym: recēdō
        3. to cause to withdraw, be separated, fall off or drop out; divert
          Synonym: redūcō
        4. to bring down, reduce, degrade, lower
          Synonym: attenuō

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    References

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    • abduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • abduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • abduco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to draw away some one's attention from a thing: alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducere
      • to be led away from the truth: a vero abduci
      • to undermine a person's loyalty: de fide deducere or a fide abducere aliquem
      • to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari
      • to carry off into slavery: aliquem in servitutem abducere, abstrahere