[əbˈdʌkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- take (someone) away by force or deception; kidnap
(e.g: the millionaire who disappeared may have been abducted)

- (of a muscle) move (a limb or part) away from the midline of the body or from another part
(e.g: the posterior rectus muscle, which abducts the eye)


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Origin:
early 17th century (in abducted, adjective): from Latin abduct- ‘led away’, from the verb abducere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + ducere ‘to lead’