Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To cite as an example or means of proof in an argument.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bring forward, present, or offer; advance; cite; name or instance as authority or evidence for what one advances.
- Synonyms Adduce, Allege, Assign, Advance, Offer, Cite. Offer and assign are the least forcible of these words. To offer is simply to present for acceptance. We may offer a plea, an apology, or an excuse, but it may not be accepted. We may assign a reason, but it may not be the real or only reason which might be given by us. We may advance an opinion or a theory, and may cite authorities in support of it Allege is the most positive of all these words. To allege is to make an unsupported statement regarding something; to adduce, on the other hand, is to bring forward proofs or evidence in support of some statement or proposition already made: as, he alleged that he had been robbed by A. B., but adduced no proof in support of his allegation.
Wiktionary
- v. To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
WordNet 3.0
- v. advance evidence for
Etymologies
- Latin addūcere, to bring to : ad-, ad- + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“What evidence can you adduce that we are plagued by a great many “frivolous” medical malpractice suits?”
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen
“Additionally, suppose the designer placed into the cell some other systems for which we cannot adduce enough evidence to conclude design.”
“And what examples can you adduce of “inflammatory speech” by VC bloggers?”
“On the other hand, if events adduce to the furtherance of law, independence, freedom, then he spares no effort to squelch it.”
“As long as events adduce to the growth of government, Obama is satisfied to take no action.”
“Wilberforce was quite prepared to allow science unfettered freedom to research, and to accepts its findings, just because he did not think that science was the sole truth; if facts emerged which proved that men were descended from some primordial fungus, he could agree, but go on to enter a further ` but ', and adduce further considerations that marked humanity off from the rest of creation.”
“Pundits who want to cut doctors 'pay never adduce any credible reasons for their proposal.”
Physician Pay, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“To win, “Virgin Mobile must adduce evidence that would permit a reasonable jury to find that someone committed an act of direct infringement and that MetroPCS either intentionally induced that person to commit the act or continued to supply reflashed handsets to that person when it knew or had reason to know that he was engaging in trademark infringement.””
“On the one hand, I really, honestly, do see, hear, and experience everything that atheists adduce as evidence that God is an illusion.”
The Huffington Post: Eliot Daley: My Memo To Atheists: Why I Choose God
“Recently, however, the Superior Court of Ontario allowed an appeal overturning a previous decision not to order a plaintiff to adduce documents that are private.”
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