abduce

Meaning

Verb

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.
To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.

Origin

(1530's) From Latin abdūcō ("lead away"), formed from ab + dūcō.
See duke, and compare abduct.

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