Part 156

<syn>Syn. -- Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.</syn>

<h1>Addressee</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad`dress*ee"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One to whom anything is addressed.</def>

<h1>Addression</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*dres"sion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of addressing or directing one's course.</def> <mark>[Rare & Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Adduce</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*duce"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Adduced</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Adducing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>adducere</ets>, <ets>adductum</ets>, to lead or bring to; <ets>ad + ducere</ets> to lead. See <er>Duke</er>, and cf. <er>Adduct</er>.]</ety> <def>To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.</def>

<blockquote>Reasons . . . were <b>adduced</b> on both sides. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Enough could not be <b>adduced</b> to satisfy the purpose of illustration. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge; name; mention.</syn>

<h1>Adducent</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*du"cent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>addunces</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>adducere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to <i>abducent</i>.</def>

<h1>Adducer</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*du"cer</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who adduces.</def>

<h1>Adducible</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*du"ci*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being adduced.</def>

<blockquote>Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are <b>adducible</b>. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adduct</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*duct"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adductus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adducere</ets>. See <er>Adduce</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>To draw towards a common center or a middle line.</def>

<i>Huxley.</i>

<h1>Adduction</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*duc"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>adduction</ets>. See <er>Adduce</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of adducing or bringing forward.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>adduction</b> of facts gathered from various quarters. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to <i>abduction</i>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Adductive</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*duc"tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.</def>