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adducing

adducing is the present participle and gerund of adduce.

Meaning of adduce

Verb

adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducing, simple past and past participle adduced)

  1. (transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case.
    • Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) advance, allege, assign, aver, cite, instance, mention, name, point out, plead, present, put forward, quote, urge
  2. (transitive) To produce as proof.
    • At this juncture, he sought to establish the awareness of the activity; to that end, he then adduced the receipts from the transactions of June 30th.

Questions about adducing

What is adducing the present participle and gerund of?
Adducing is the present participle and gerund of adduce.

Words near adducing in the dictionary

  1. adducest
  2. adduceth
  3. Adduci
  4. adducible
  5. adducin
  6. adducing
  7. adducinlike
  8. adducins
  9. Adducis
  10. adduct
  11. adducted

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