abduce
/æbˈdus/ verb
Forms abduces abducing abduced
- verb (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.
- verb (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.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [L. abducere to lead away; ab + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Abduct.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “abduce”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details