adduce
verb (used with object)
to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive.
was adducing
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past progressiveof adduce.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He merely asked for the jury's particular attention; for, although he was adducing nothing new in the case actually before them, he had some unexpected disclosures to make about the prisoner's personal culpability.
From Fantômas by Cranstoun Metcalfe
