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Webster 1913 Edition
Adduce
Ad-duce′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Adduced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adducing
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adduce
ADDU'CE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To bring forward, present or offer; as, a witness was adduced to prove the fact.2.
To cite, name or introduce; as, to adduce an authority or an argument.Definition 2024
adduce
adduce
English
Verb
adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducing, simple past and past participle adduced)
- (transitive) 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. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. - Thomas de Quincey.
- Whoever in discussion adduces authority, uses not reason but memory. - Leonardo da Vinci
- For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, - Charles Darwin
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
to bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration
References
- adduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913