adduce

verb

/əˈd(j)uːs/US/əˈdjuːs/UK

Etymology

From Middle English adducen, from Latin addūcere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”), from ad- + dūcere (“to lead”). See duke, and compare adduct.

derived from addūcō
inherited from adducen

Definitions

1
To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a…
To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
- Reasons […] were adduced on both sides.
- Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration.
- For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, […]
To produce in proof.

The neighborhood

synonymadvance
synonymallege
synonymassign
synonymcite
synonymmention
synonymname
synonymplead
synonympoint out
synonympresent
synonymquote
synonymurge

Derived

adduceable, adducement, adducer, adducible, readduce

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at adduce. 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 adduce. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at adduce

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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