"abduce" meaning in English

See abduce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əb.ˈdjuːs/ [England], /əb.ˈd͡ʒuːs/ [England], /æb.ˈdus/ [Canada, US], /əb.ˈdus/ [Canada, US], /əb.ˈdjʉs/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland], /əb.ˈd͡ʒʉs/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abduce.wav , en-ca-abduce.ogg Forms: abduces [present, singular, third-person], abducing [participle, present], abduced [participle, past], abduced [past]
Rhymes: -uːs Etymology: (1530's) From Latin abdūcō (“lead away”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + dūcō (“lead”). * See duke, and compare abduct. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{der|en|la|abdūcō||lead away}} Latin abdūcō (“lead away”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} abduce (third-person singular simple present abduces, present participle abducing, simple past and past participle abduced)
  1. (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. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (transitive, obsolete: to draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part): abduceren (Dutch), afvoeren (Dutch), abdusere (Norwegian Bokmål), abduzir (Portuguese), retrair (Portuguese), desviar (Portuguese), apartar (Portuguese), abducir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abduce-en-verb-MYjg7~-4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'transitive, obsolete: to draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part': 93 7
  2. (transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-abduce-en-verb-OcvQFz4q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: abduct, abduction, abductive

Inflected forms

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