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ABDUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abduce mean? 

ABDUCE (verb)
  The verb ABDUCE has 1 sense:

1. advance evidence forplay

  Familiarity information: ABDUCE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABDUCE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they abduce  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it abduces  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: abduced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: abduced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: abducing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Advance evidence for

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

abduce; adduce; cite

Hypernyms (to "abduce" is one way to...):

bear witness; evidence; prove; show; testify (provide evidence for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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