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abduct

verbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//æbˈdʌkt//
  • United Kingdom//əbˈdʌkt//

To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.

verb

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.

Etymology

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.

Forms

past tense
abducted
past participle
abducted
present participle
abducting
third person singular
abducts
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