adduce
verb (used with object)
to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive.
adducing
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present participleof adduce.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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At one point, Avenatti reportedly tried to cast doubt over his former client's trustworthiness by adducing Daniel's belief in the paranormal.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022
As Reynolds points out, in the story Dupin dismisses mathematics as a means of adducing abstract truths about morals or human motivation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
Cohn sorted the Republicans into three buckets, adducing historical antecedents for each.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2015
But scores of auditors were sidling through the exits before the Nominee finished adducing details to prove his point.
From Time Magazine Archive
After adducing reasons for the non-association of criminal lunatics with ordinary patients, Lord Shaftesbury insisted that the most efficient remedy was a State asylum; and that this was confirmed by the success of Dundrum, Ireland.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Daniel Hack Tuke
