If you adduce something such as a fact or reason, you mention it in order to support an argument. We can adduce evidence to support the claim. = cite. to give facts or reasons in order to prove that something is true (adducere, from ad- + ducere )
To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege
{f} offer as an example, bring forward in argument, offer as proof, cite as evidence