Adduce
(Ad*duce") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adduced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Adducing ] [L. adducere, adductum,
to lead or bring to; ad + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Adduct.] 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.
Adducent
(Ad*du"cent) a. [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards
a given point; — a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed
to abducent.
Adducer
(Ad*du"cer) n. One who adduces.
Adducible
(Ad*du"ci*ble) a. Capable of being adduced.
Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible.
I. Taylor.
Adduct
(Ad*duct") v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce.] (Physiol.) To draw towards a
common center or a middle line. Huxley.
Adduction
(Ad*duc"tion) n. [Cf. F. adduction. See Adduce.]
1. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters.
I. Taylor.
2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; — opposed to abduction.
Dunglison.
Adductive
(Ad*duc"tive) a. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
Adductor
(Ad*duc"tor) n. [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body
toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; — opposed to abductor; as, the
adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose.
In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles.
Verrill.
Addulce
(Ad*dulce") v. t. [Like F. adoucir; fr. L. ad. + dulcis sweet.] To sweeten; to soothe. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Adeem
(A*deem") v. t. [L. adimere. See Ademption.] (Law) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to
satisfy it by some other gift.
Adelantadillo
(||A`de*lan`ta*dil"lo) n. [Sp.] A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.
Adelantado
(||A`de*lan*ta"do) n. [Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote.] A governor of a
province; a commander. Prescott.
Adelaster
(||Ad*e*las"ter) n. [Gr. not manifest + a star.] (Bot.) A provisional name for a plant which
has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
Adeling
(Ad"el*ing) n. Same as Atheling.
