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abduct | x |

As a verb abduct

is to take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap .

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

abduct

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1904 , author=Jules Verne , title=The Master of the World , chapter=16 , url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/v/verne/jules/v52mw/chapter16.html , passage=That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.}}
  • (physiology) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart.

    • Synonyms

    * kidnap * seize

    Derived terms

    * abductee * abductive

    Related terms

    * abduce * abducens * abducent * abduction * abductor

    References

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----