adduce
verb (used with object)
to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive.
adduced
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past participleof adduce.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof adduce.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
adduceverb (used with object)to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive.
Example Sentences
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Later appraisals adduced that the enigmatic piece was an apron, a garment or a military banner, before analysts in 20th century Vienna agreed: It was a headdress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
The authors might have adduced more egregious examples than that second one, and from the other party.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
The Russians sneered, “The embassy does not feel called upon to furnish any proof in addition to that already adduced before the commissioner.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
Rather, they are “fully responsive to the arguments and evidence adduced by the relevant scientific experts.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2022
In Rome the advocatus diaboli, or devil’s advocate, had been established as early as 1587 to test the evidence adduced in support of the miracles claimed for those proposed for canonization.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
