adduce

American  

[uh-doos, uh-dyoos] / əˈdus, əˈdyus /

verb (used with object)

adduced, adducing

1. to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive.

   to adduce reasons in support of a constitutional amendment.

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adduce British  

/ əˈdjuːs, əˈdʌkʃən /

verb

1. (tr) to cite (reasons, examples, etc) as evidence or proof

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Other Word Forms

• adduceable adjective
• adducent adjective
• adducer noun
• adducible adjective
• adduction noun
• unadduceable adjective
• unadduced adjective
• unadducible adjective

Etymology

Origin of adduce

1610–20; < Latin addūcere to bring into, equivalent to ad- ad- + dūcere to lead

Example Sentences

They can neither attack nor defend, adduce facts or employ logic.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2019

The rhetorical challenge is to adduce a unity—akin to herding cats—among a multitude of self-centered interests and causes.

From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019

There are so many Moore characters I could adduce as evidence of the formidable sensitivity and range of this human Stradivarius of an actress.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2015

And there were few whose relationship with jazz was as meaningful; you can adduce clear relationships between his written and oral phrasing and the playing of John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach and Albert Ayler.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2014

She was an elderly woman and rather intelligent and well educated for her position, but she could adduce no reason whatever for her facility in reading the cards.

From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence