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adducible

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ad⋅duce

  [uh-doos, uh-dyoos]
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–verb (used with object), -duced, -duc⋅ing.
to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive: to adduce reasons in support of a constitutional amendment.
Origin:
1610–20; < L addūcere to bring into, equiv. to ad- ad- + dūcere to lead

Related forms:
ad⋅duce⋅a⋅ble, ad⋅duc⋅i⋅ble, adjective
ad⋅duc⋅er, noun
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ad·duce   (ə-dōōs', ə-dyōōs')   
tr.v.   ad·duced, ad·duc·ing, ad·duc·es
To cite as an example or means of proof in an argument.

[Latin addūcere, to bring to : ad-, ad- + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
ad·duce'a·ble, ad·duc'i·ble adj.
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Word Origin & History

adduce 
1616, from L. adducere "lead to, bring to," from ad- "to" + ducere "to lead" (see duke).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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