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 cover.
   • 1677, Sir Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind:

     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.

References

• “obduce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

obdūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of obdūcō