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
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
Foucart has adduced epigraphic reasons for dating the work of Hippodamus here to 480-470 B.C.
From Ancient Town-Planning by F. (Francis) Haverfield
Except that the obligatory instrument does not appear to have been found, he has adduced nothing to show that the deceased did not commit suicide.
From The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Edgar Saltus
Romanes has adduced it as one of the difficulties which can alone be overcome by his theory of physiological selection.
From Darwinism (1889) by Alfred Russel Wallace
