adduce

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 22, 2020 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>adduce</strong> &#149; \uh-DOOSS\&nbsp; &#149; <em>verb</em><br /> <p><strong>:</strong> to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"She was tranquil, yet her tranquility was evidently constrained; and as her confusion had before been <em>adduced</em> as a proof of her guilt, she worked up her mind to an appearance of courage." — <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Novels_and_Selected_Works_of_Mary_Sh/8Zr6DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=%22her+confusion+had+before+been+adduced+as+a+proof+of+her+guilt%22&amp;pg=PT142&amp;printsec=frontcover">Mary Shelley, <em>Frankenstein</em>, 1818</a></p> <p>"His story proper begins in 1833, with pre-war productions of <em>Othello</em>, but earlier examples could easily have been <em>adduced</em> that would only have strengthened his case. On 3 April, 1760, for example, a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, advertised a production of <em>Othello</em> to be staged the following week…. — <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2020/03/how-shakespeare-shaped-america-s-culture-wars">Sarah Churchwell, <em>The New Statesman</em>, 11 Mar. 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>We won't lead you astray over the history of <em>adduce</em>; it is one of a plethora of familiar words that trace to the Latin root <em>dūcere</em>, which means "to lead." Perhaps we can induce you to deduce a few other <em>dūcere</em> offspring if we offer a few hints about them. One is a synonym of <em>kidnap</em>, one's a title for a British royal, and one's another word for <em>decrease</em>. There are your leads; here are the answers. They are <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abduct">abduct</a></em>, <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.c