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abducting

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ab·duct  (b-dkt)
tr.v. ab·duct·ed, ab·duct·ing, ab·ducts
1. To carry off by force; kidnap.
2. Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb.
[Latin abdcere, abduct- : ab-, away; see ab-1 + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
ab·duct·ee n.
ab·duction n.
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Adj.1.abducting - especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
abducent
physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms


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The Snakes expressed great joy at the intelligence, and offered their services to aid the righteous cause, brightening at the thoughts of taking the field with such potent allies, and doubtless anticipating their turn at stealing horses and abducting squaws.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
So it was that Muda Saffir was forced to compromise, and be satisfied with the chief's assistance in abducting the girl, for it was not so difficult a matter to convince the head hunter that she really had belonged to the rajah, and that she had been stolen from him by the old man and the doctor.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
What might have been their thoughts at the spectacle of a shameless middle-aged man abducting headlong into the upper regions of a respectable hotel a terrified young girl obviously under age, I don't know.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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