adduce
verb (used with object)
to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive.
has adduced
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present perfectof adduce (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But he noted that the boulders are only one part of the evidence that he has adduced to support the superstorm hypothesis.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2017
For proof that species do change, and that even new species have been actually and recently produced, the author has adduced statements certainly as questionable and little satisfactory as his representation of foetal phenomena.
From An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges by Anonymous
Now I cannot find, either from tradition, or from contemporary writers, any ground to think that either the reasons which Hume has adduced, or indeed any other, were urged in opposition to the grant.
From History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second by Henry Morley
Dr. Smith has adduced some facts in favour of his opinion, which, though curious, seem by no means decisive.
From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Thomas Garnett
He has worked it out more thoroughly, and has adduced embryological evidence in its support; but the views of both writers are substantially the same, and their theories were arrived at quite independently.
From Darwinism (1889) by Alfred Russel Wallace
