Definition of abduct

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Abduct (v. t.) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position..

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Abduct :: Abduct (v. t.) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position..
Abduction :: Abduction (n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
Abducting :: Abducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abduc.
Forcible :: Forcible (a.) Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction..
Abductor :: Abductor (n.) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward..
Abduction :: Abduction (n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress..
Ravishment :: Ravishment (n.) The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband..
Adduction :: Adduction (n.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction.
Abduction :: Abduction (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable..
Abducted :: Abducted (imp. & p. p.) of Abduc.
Abduction :: Abduction (n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body..
Adductor :: Adductor (n.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose..
Abductor :: Abductor (n.) One who abducts.
Ab- :: Ab- () A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6)..
Abduct :: Abduct (v. t.) To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
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