obduce

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To draw over, as a covering.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for obduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

obdūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of obdūcō
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