abduct
verbEtymology
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.
- derived from abductus
Definitions
To take away by force
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.
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
The neighborhood
- synonymcarry off
- synonymdrag away
- synonymkidnap
- synonymrun away with
- synonymseize
- synonymspirit away
- synonymstretch
- synonymtake away
- antonymadduct
- antonymreinstate
- antonymrestore
- neighborabduce
- neighborabducens
- neighborabducent
- neighborabduction
- neighborabductor
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at abduct. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at abduct. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at abduct
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA