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abduce

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[ab-doos, -dyoos] / æbˈdus, -ˈdyus /

verb (used with object)

Physiology.
abduced, abducing

  1. to draw or take away; abduct.

Etymology

Origin of abduce

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

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