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dēdūcō

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dēdūcō

From dē- +‎ dūcō (“lead, pull”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈduː.koː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈd̪uː.ko]

Verb

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dēdūcō (present infinitive dēdūcere, perfect active dēdūxī, supine dēductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

  1. to lead or bring out or away, divert; escort, accompany, conduct (out of one's house as a mark of respect or for protection)
  2. to lead, fetch, bring or draw down; weigh down, outweigh
  3. to deduct, subtract, diminish, reduce
  4. to stretch out, extend, draw out
  5. to lead forth or conduct a colony to a certain place; found (a colony)
  6. (law) to bring to trial; bring before a tribunal as a witness
  7. (law) to withhold
  8. (military) to withdraw, remove, draw off, lead off (troops from one place to another); conduct or bring to a place
  9. (nautical) to draw out a ship (from a port), launch
  10. (rare, nautical) to draw a ship into port
  11. (in weaving) to spin or draw out (the thread); weave
  12. (figuratively) to mislead, seduce, entice, win over, induce
  13. (figuratively, of a literary composition) to spin out, elaborate, prepare, describe, compose
  14. (figuratively, of the origin of words) to derive, discover, deduce
  15. (figuratively, of physical evils) to cure, cleanse, remove
  16. (figuratively, borrowed from the idea of spinning) to make finer, thinner or weaker, attenuate