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Abduct: Definition and part of speech

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Abduct

  1. v. t. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
  2. v. t. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abduction: Definition and part of speech

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Abduction

  1. n. A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
  2. n. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
  3. n. The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
  4. n. The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abductor: Definition and part of speech

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Abductor

  1. n. A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
  2. n. One who abducts.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.