abduce
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of abduce
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(obsolete, transitive)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.
“If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate.”
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verb
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(obsolete, transitive)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.
“If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate.”
- (transitive)To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.
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Etymology
(1530's) From Latin abdūcō (“lead away”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + dūcō (“lead”). * See duke, and compare abduct.
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