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[ab-duhkt]
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verb (used with object)

1. to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force,
especially to kidnap.
2. Physiology. to move or draw away from the axis of the body or limb
(opposed to adduct).

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Origin of abduct
1825–35; < Latin abductus, past participle of abdūcere to abduce

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