obduceEtymologyFrom Latin obducere, obductum; ob (see ob-) + ducere (“to lead”).obduce means to cover. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.verbTo cover.“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.”