abduce

[ab-doos, -dyoos]

verb (used with object)

Physiology.

abduced, abducing 

1. to draw or take away; abduct.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abduce¹

1530–40; < Latin abdūcere, equivalent to ab- ab- + dūcere to lead

Example Sentences

The evidence for photographs of invisible people which we sometimes hear abduced as adequate is surprisingly feeble.

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