Obduce
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To cover. obsolete
"Animal exhibits its Face in the native colour of its Skin but Man; all others are covered with Feathers, or Hair, or a Cortex that is obduced over the Cutis as in Elephants and some sort of Indian Dogs."
Example
More examples"Animal exhibits its Face in the native colour of its Skin but Man; all others are covered with Feathers, or Hair, or a Cortex that is obduced over the Cutis as in Elephants and some sort of Indian Dogs."
Etymology
From Latin obducere, obductum; ob (see ob-) + ducere (“to lead”).
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