Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To carry off by force; kidnap.
- transitive verb Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lead away or carry off surreptitiously or by force; kidnap.
- In physiology, to move or draw away (a limb) from the axis of the body, or (a digit) from the axis of the limb: opposed to adduct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
- transitive verb To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- verb pull away from the body
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin abdūcere, abduct- : ab-, away; see ab– + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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