obduce

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verb

To cover.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person obduces · participle present obducing · participle past obduced · past obduced

  1. obsoleteTo cover.

    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.

    1677, Sir Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind

Origin

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

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APA

obduce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obduce

MLA

“obduce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obduce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obduce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obduce.

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