obduce

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin obducere, obductum; ob (see ob-) + ducere (to lead).

Verb

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obduce (third-person singular simple present obduces, present participle obducing, simple past and past participle obduced)

  1. (obsolete) To cover.
    • 1677, Sir Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind:
      Animal exhibits its Face in the native colour of its Skin but Man; all others are covered with Feathers, or Hair, or a Cortex that is obduced over the Cutis as in Elephants and some sort of Indian Dogs.

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Latin

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Verb

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obdūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of obdūcō