单词 | adduce |
释义 | adducev. transitive. To bring forward (a person or thing), esp. in support of a case or an argument; to produce (a witness); to cite as evidence (a fact, an example, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as evidence to draw forthc1175 showa1325 drawc1330 allaya1387 to avouch a thing upon (a person)1393 allegea1398 adduce?a1425 induce1433 recite1509 infera1529 vouch1531 cite1550 avouch1573 relate1604 instance1608 rejourn1624 quote1663 abduce1720 invoke1879 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > use as argument to lay forthc1405 adduce?a1425 object1536 argue1652 floora1687 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 3 (MED) It is most good in purpose for to adduce testimoniez for Galien in many a place by side resoun & experience, which bene 2 indicatoriez. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 92 We will adduce bot a certane [testimony]. 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vi. 545 For better proofe, many authorities of the Fathers were adduced. 1670 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 260 Witnesses led and adduced be the persewers. 1678 Spanish Hist. 88 Though all that I have adduced, be sufficient to convince every disinterested person. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. viii. 88 In proof of this adduced many arguments. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ Rom. ii. 17 The two congruities last adduced depend upon the time. a1831 A. Knox Remains (1834) I. 81 He adduces Martin Luther as an instance of clearness respecting justification. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic ix. 305 Supported by better reasons than he has been able to adduce. 1903 J. Rankine Erskine's Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 20) 551 When the Lord Ordinary takes a proof, each party adduces witnesses to prove his statements. 1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. iii. 22 The use of ‘down’ in hill names is adduced, with surprising frequency, as evidence of Chalk. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 17/1 The evidence he adduces for dating Amis's poem..to the late 1970s, strikes me as persuasive, if not decisive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.?a1425 |
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