27 November 2013

adduce

[uh-doos, uh-dyoos]

verb (used with object), ad·duced, ad·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; < Latin addūcere to bring into, equivalent to ad- ad- + dūcere to lead

Related forms
ad·duce·a·ble, ad·duc·i·ble, adjective
ad·duc·er, noun
un·ad·duce·a·ble, adjective
un·ad·duced, adjective
un·ad·duc·i·ble, adjective

Can be confused: adduce, deduce, induce.

Today’s aphorism

Be prepared.

– Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout movement.

On this day

27 November 1942 – birthday of Jimi Hendrix. American guitarist and singer-songwriter.

27 November 1975 – Ross McWhirter, co-founder of the Guinness Book of World Records, is shot dead outside his house in North London. Police suspect the Irish Republican Army (IRA) of the murder, as McWhirter had posted a £50,000 reward for information that lead to the arrest of IRA bombers.

27 November 1999 – Helen Clark is elected as New Zealand’s first female Prime Minister. She represented the centre-left of the Labour Party.