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Abduce

//əbˈdjuːs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    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. obsolete, transitive

    "If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate."

  2. 2
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  3. 3
    To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce. transitive

Etymology

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

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