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Webster 1913 Edition

Abduct

Ab-duct′

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Abducted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Abducting

.]

[L.

abductus

, p. p. of

abducere

. See

.]

1.

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

2.

To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.