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Adduced vs Abduced - What's the difference?

adduced | abduced |

As verbs the difference between adduced and abduced

is that adduced is (adduce) while abduced is (abduce).

adduced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (adduce)

    • adduce

    English

    Verb

  • To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
  • :* Reasons ... were adduced on both sides. - .
  • :* Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. - .
  • :* Whoever in discussion adduces authority, uses not reason but memory. -
  • :* For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, -

    • Synonyms

    * present * allege * advance * cite * quote * assign * urge * name * mention

    Related terms

    * adduct * adduction

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    abduced

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abduce)

    • abduce

    English

    Verb

    (abduc)
  • (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.
    • If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. - Sir T. Browne
  • To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.

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