Adduce

to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive:
to adduce reasons in support of a const-tutional amendment.
contemporary examples

one would expect lebens to adduce evidence from other cases of state sanctions.
boycott the occupation, engage the settlers jerry haber december 2, 2012

historical examples

we could adduce many instances to corroborate this -ssertion.
the mirror of taste, and dramatic censor, vol. i, no. 4, april 1810 various

if, however, it will satisfy you that i adduce an ill-stration—louisa bellew was one of these.
jack hinton charles james lever

but it remains to us to adduce clearer evidence to show that in the rmyaṇam rmas is the sun, and st the dawn, or aurora.
zoological mythology, volume i (of 2) angelo de gubernatis

why, then, do i adduce the name of bruno at the close of this lecture?
mind and motion and monism george john romanes

we are able now to adduce various arguments which severally prove this truth.
letters on astronomy denison olmsted

among many proofs that i could adduce of this, i will give one.
old familiar faces theodore watts-dunton

i need not adduce p-ssages in the hebrew psalter, where such ellipsises do occur.
notes and queries, number 213, november 26, 1853 various

we may adduce also as evidence of the same practice a p-ssage in bk.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 3, part 1, slice 3 various

i do not adduce it as a fair criterion of comparative excellence, nor do i even think it such; but merely as matter of fact.
biographia literaria samuel taylor coleridge

verb
(transitive) to cite (reasons, examples, etc) as evidence or proof
v.

early 15c., from latin adducere “lead to, bring to, bring along,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + ducere “to lead” (see duke (n.)). related: adduced; adducing.