retroduce

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verb

To employ retroduction

OriginLatin retro →
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Meanings

verbretroduce (third-person singular simple present retroduces, present participle retroducing, simple past and past participle retroduced)

present singular third person retroduces · participle present retroducing · participle past retroduced · past retroduced

  1. To employ retroduction

Origin

  1. Latinducere“to lead”
  2. Latinretro“backward”
  3. Englishretroduce

From Latin retro (“backward”) + Latin ducere (“to lead”).

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APA

retroduce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retroduce

MLA

“retroduce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retroduce. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retroduce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retroduce.

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