Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bringing together; drawing one thing to or toward another; performing the act of adduction; having the function of an adductor: opposed to abducent: chiefly or exclusively an anatomical term, applied to certain muscles or to their action. See
adductor , a.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (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 .
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- adjective physiology Related to the
muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed toabducent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pro pr鎑ictis autem libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus obtinendis, & prisis nostris remittendis ijdem supradicti mercatores vniuersi & singuli pro se & omnibus alijs de partibus suis nobis concorditer & vnanimiter concesserunt, qu騞 de quolibet dolio vini, quod adducent vel adduci facient infra regnum & potestatem nostram, & vnde marinarijs fretum soluere tenebuntur, soluent nobis & h鎟edibus nostris nomine Custum� duos solidos vltra antiquas custumas debitas & in denarijs solui consuetas nobis, aut alias infra quadraginta dies, postquam extra naues ad terram posita fuerint dicta vina.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Pro prædictis autem libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus obtinendis, & prisis nostris remittendis ijdem supradicti mercatores vniuersi & singuli pro se & omnibus alijs de partibus suis nobis concorditer & vnanimiter concesserunt, quòd de quolibet dolio vini, quod adducent vel adduci facient infra regnum & potestatem nostram, & vnde marinarijs fretum soluere tenebuntur, soluent nobis & hæredibus nostris nomine Custumæ duos solidos vltra antiquas custumas debitas & in denarijs solui consuetas nobis, aut alias infra quadraginta dies, postquam extra naues ad terram posita fuerint dicta vina.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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"Hence it is that we see great _drinkers_ with _eyes_ generally set towards the nose, the adducent muscles being often employed to let them see their loved liquor in the glass at the time of drinking; which were, therefore, called _bibitory Lascivious persons_ are remarkable for the
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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