the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To draw or lead away by persuasion or argument.
To lead away or carry off by improper means; abduct.
To draw away or aside, as by the action of an abductor muscle.
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v. advance evidence for
Word Usage
""Adam can then abduce hypotheses, and infer what would be efficient experiments to discriminate between different hypotheses, and whether there's evidence for them," King expands."