v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adduced p. pr. & vb. n. Adducing ] [ L. adducere, adductum, to lead or bring to; ad + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Adduct. ] To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge; name; mention. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere. ] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adduces. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being adduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce. ] (Physiol.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. adduction. See Adduce. ] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis ]; -- opposed to abduction. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. adducere. ] (Anat.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Sadducaei, p., Gr. &unr_;, Heb. Tsaddūkīm; -- so called from Tsādōk, the founder of the sect. ] One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels. -- Sad`du*ce"an a. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. The tenets of the Sadducees. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sadducized p. pr. & vb. n. Sadducizing ] To adopt the principles of the Sadducees. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]