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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

obduct en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɒbˈdʌkt/

Etymology

See obduce.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To draw over; to cover.
    • men are left-handed when ever it happeneth that the Heart and Liver are seated on the left for when the liver is on the right side, yet so obducted and covered with thick skins. 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  2. To push over or on top of, such as one tectonic plate being pushed over another.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
obducts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
obducting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
obducted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
obducted Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

obduction