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Definition of Abducing
1. abduce [v] - See also: abduce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abducing
Literary usage of Abducing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oratorical Dictionary by John Newland Maffitt (1835)
"To draw away; to draw one part from another. pr. par. abducing; past, abdu- ced:
adj. abducent. ABDUC'TION. s. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"ABDUCTION, the act of abducing or abducting; a taking or drawing away, and
specifically an unlawful taking. In the United States the word abduction is ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"In looking over some of our familiar epistles from abroad, the thought has struck
us that we might add to the enjoyment of our readers by abducing an ..."
4. History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture by John Smythe Memes (1834)
"We might, however, be accused of treating here the subject too seriously, were
an attempt made to show the sinfulness of abducing even one thought from ..."
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