| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ab·duct |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   b-d kt |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ab·duct·ed, ab·duct·ing, ab·ducts
1. To carry off by force; kidnap. 2. Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin abd cere, abduct- : ab-, away; see ab–1 + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ab·duct·ee —NOUN
ab·duction —NOUN
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