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retroduce

retroduce verb: to employ retroduction.

Verb

retroduce (third-person singular simple present retroduces, present participle retroducing, simple past and past participle retroduced)

  1. To employ retroduction

Forms of retroduce

third-person singular presentretroduces
present participleretroducing
past participleretroduced
pastretroduced

Origin of retroduce

From Latin retro (“backward”) + Latin ducere (“to lead”).

Questions about retroduce

What does retroduce mean?
Retroduce means to employ retroduction.
What part of speech is retroduce?
Retroduce is a verb.
What is the past tense of retroduce?
The past tense of retroduce is retroduced.

Words near retroduce in the dictionary

  1. retrodisplaces
  2. retrodisplacing
  3. retrodocumentation
  4. retrodorsal
  5. retrodorsally
  6. retroduce
  7. retroduced
  8. retroduces
  9. retroducing
  10. retroduct
  11. retroductal

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