adduce
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin adducere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”), from ad- + ducere (“to lead”). See duke, and confer adduct.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducing, simple past and past participle adduced)
- (transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
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- Reasons ... were adduced on both sides. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. - Thomas de Quincey.
- Whoever in discussion adduces authority, uses not reason but memory. - Leonardo da Vinci
- For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, - Charles Darwin
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Translations[edit]
to bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration
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References[edit]
- adduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
adduce
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
addūce
Scots[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
adduce (third-person singular present adduces, present participle adducin, past adduced, past participle adduced)
References[edit]
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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