Index of English words, starting with "ab"

(1) - Abduce (v. t.) To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.

(1) - Abduct (v. t.) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
(2) - Abduct (v. t.) To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

(1) - Abduction (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
(2) - Abduction (n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
(3) - Abduction (n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(4) - Abduction (n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.