adduce

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English adducen, from Latin addūcere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”), from ad- + dūcere (“to lead”). See duke, and compare adduct. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈd(j)uːs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈdjuːs/, /əˈdʒuːs/ Rhymes: -uːs === Verb === adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducing, simple past and past participle adduced) (transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. 1840, Thomas de Quincey, "Style" (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, July 1840 Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. (transitive, Scots law) To produce in proof. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “adduce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “adduce”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “adduce”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “adduce, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Italian == === Verb === adduce third-person singular present indicative of addurre === Anagrams === deduca == Latin == === Verb === addūce second-person singular present active imperative of addūcō == Scots == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adducere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈad(j)us/ === Verb === adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducin, simple past and past participle adduced) to adduce (bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case) (transitive, Scots law) to adduce (produce in proof) === References === “adduce, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.