abduzir

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abdūcere (to take or lead away), adapted to other verbs in -duzir.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ab‧du‧zir

Verb

abduzir (first-person singular present abduzo, first-person singular preterite abduzi, past participle abduzido)

  1. (transitive) to separate
  2. (transitive, anatomy) to abduct (to draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body)
    Antonym: aduzir
  3. (transitive, Brazil, law) to abduct (to draw away from its ordinary position)
    Synonym: sequestrar
  4. (transitive, ufology) to abduct

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