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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Adduced

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Adducing

[L.

adducere

adductum

, to lead or bring to;

ducere

to lead. See

, and cf.

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.

Macaulay.

Enough could not be

adduced

to satisfy the purpose of illustration.

De Quincey.

Syn. – To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge; name; mention.

Verb.

[L. adduco, to lead or bring to; ad and duco, to lead. See Duke.]

To bring forward, present or offer; as, a witness was adduced to prove the fact.

To cite, name or introduce; as, to adduce an authority or an argument.