abduct
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- 11
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- 6
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Definition of abduct
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
“to abduct children”
“I was abducted by aliens.”
“That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.”
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verb
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(transitive)To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
“to abduct children”
“I was abducted by aliens.”
“That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.”
- (transitive)To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin abdūcō Latin abductusder. English abduct From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”). * (physiology): Back-formation from abduction.
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