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Word of the Day for Sunday, November 16, 2008adduce \uh-DOOS; -DYOOS\, verb: to offer as a reason in support of an argument; bring up as an example; give as proof or evidence; cite Claude Chabrol defines absurdity as the gap between the awesome finality of death and the trivial reasons men adduce for killing or putting themselves in the way of being killed. Nor does he adduce any historic arguments to prove that doctors make great governors of men, perhaps because such arguments are difficult to find. by 1616, from Latin adducere "lead to, bring to," from ad- "to" + ducere "to lead" | |||||||||
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