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obducted

obducted is the simple past and past participle of obduct.

Meaning of obduct

Verb

obduct (third-person singular simple present obducts, present participle obducting, simple past and past participle obducted)

  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.

Questions about obducted

What is obducted the simple past and past participle of?
Obducted is the simple past and past participle of obduct.

Words near obducted in the dictionary

  1. obdormition
  2. OBDs
  3. obdt
  4. obduce
  5. obduct
  6. obducted
  7. obducting
  8. obduction
  9. obductions
  10. obducts
  11. obduracies

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