Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abduct"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abduct \Ab*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abducted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Abducting}.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See
{Abduce}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abduct
v 1: of people [syn: {kidnap}, {nobble}, {snatch}]
2: pull away from the body, of muscles [ant: {adduct}]
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