Abducting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abduct \Ab*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abducted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Abducting}.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See
     {Abduce}.]
     1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a
        human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to
        kidnap.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary
        position.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  abducting \abducting\ adj.
     1. (Physiol.) drawing away from the midline of the body or
        from an adjacent part; -- used especially of muscles
        {adducent}
  
     Syn: abducent
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  abducting
       adj : especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the
             body or from an adjacent part [syn: {abducent}] [ant: {adducent}]