different between abduce vs adduce

English

Etymology

(1530's) From Latin abd?c? (“lead away”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + d?c? (“lead”).

• See duke, and compare abduct.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b.?dju?s/, (colloquial) /?b.?d?u?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb.?dus/, /æb.?djus/, /?b.?dus/, /?b.?djus/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Verb

abduce (third-person singular simple present abduces, present participle abducing, simple past and past participle abduced)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body;abduct. [Mid 16^th century.]

   • If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. - Sir T. Browne

2. (transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce. [Mid 20^th century.]

Related terms

• abduct
• abduction
• abductive

Translations

References

Italian

Verb

abduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of abdurre

Latin

Verb

abd?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of abd?c?

Spanish

Verb

abduce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of abducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of abducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of abducir.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adducere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”), from ad- + ducere (“to lead”). See duke, and compare adduct.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d(j)u?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??dju?s/, /??d?u?s/
• (US)
• Rhymes: -u?s

Verb

adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducing, simple past and past participle adduced)

1. (transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
   • 1840, Thomas de Quincey, "Style" (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, July 1840

     Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration.

   • For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, […]

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

References

• adduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “adduce”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “adduce”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Italian

Verb

adduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of addurre

Anagrams

• deduca

Latin

Verb

add?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of add?c?

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ad(j)us/

Verb

adduce (third-person singular present adduces, present participle adducin, past adduced, past participle adduced)

1. to adduce
2. (law) to bring forth as proof

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.