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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Abduced

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Abducing

[L.

abducere

to lead away;

ducere

to lead. See

, and cf.

To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.

[Obs.]

If we

abduce

the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate.

Sir T. Browne.

Verb.

[L. adduco, to lead away, of ab and duco, to lead. See Duke.]

To draw from; to withdraw, or draw to a different part; used chiefly in anatomy.