adducing (verb)

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• adduce — transitive verb (adduced; adducing) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin adducere, literally, to lead to, from ad + ducere to lead more at tow Date: 15th century to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis • adducer noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• adduce — [[t]ædju͟ːs, AM du͟ːs[/t]] adduces, adducing, adduced VERB If you adduce something such as a fact or reason, you mention it in order to support an argument. [FORMAL] [V n] The evidence she adduces to back up her arguments is usually authoritative …   English dictionary

• adduce — UK [əˈdjuːs] / US [əˈdus] verb [transitive] Word forms adduce : present tense I/you/we/they adduce he/she/it adduces present participle adducing past tense adduced past participle adduced formal to give a particular fact as proof that something… …   English dictionary

• adduce — /əˈdjus / (say uh dyoohs) verb (t) (adduced, adducing) to bring forward in argument; cite as pertinent or conclusive: to adduce reasons. {Latin addūcere lead to} –adducible, adjective –adducer, noun …