abductive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈæbˌdək.tɪv/ (US)
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- /æbˈdʌk.tɪv/ (US)
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 Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English abductive From abduct + -ive.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.
- (not-comparable) Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference.
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(not-comparable, rare) Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).
The logs showed that between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on the abductive day, 10,718 SIMs connected with the seven […] Some people in the kidnap zone would of course have called each other innocently, but […]
2010, Steve Hendricks, A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial, →ISBN, page 169:
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Translations (10)
la abducens (anatomy) · de abduktiv (logic) · ru отводя́щий (anatomy) · it abduttore (anatomy) · pt abdutivo (logic) · ro abductor (anatomy) · lt atitraukiamasis (anatomy) · it abduttivo (logic) · el απαγωγικός (logic) · fi abduktiivinen (anatomy)