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Abduct
Ab-duct′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Abducted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Abducting
.] 1.
To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
2.
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
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abduct
abduct
English
Verb
abduct (third-person singular simple present abducts, present participle abducting, simple past and past participle abducted)
- (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.][3]
- (transitive, physiology) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart. [Early 17th century.][3]
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to take away
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to draw away from its ordinary position
References
- ↑ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 2
- ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 3
- 1 2 Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940) Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, ISBN 0-8036-8313-8, published 1993, pages 1