All 3 Uses of
abduct
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Then the idea of abducting you occurred to me.†
Chpt 2.8.4 *abducting = taking someone away against their will
- You have forgotten a wretch who tried to abduct you one night, a wretch to whom you rendered succor on the following day on their infamous pillory.†
Chpt 2.9.3
- When Quasimodo saw that the cell was empty, that the gypsy was no longer there, that while he had been defending her she had been abducted, he grasped his hair with both hands and stamped with surprise and pain; then he set out to run through the entire church seeking his Bohemian, howling strange cries to all the corners of the walls, strewing his red hair on the pavement.†
Chpt 2.11.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(abduct) to take someone away against their will
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, abduct can refer to a muscle that pulls away from the body.