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We search for the rare leptonic decay B+→τ+ντ in a sample of 232×106 B¯¯¯B pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II B-Factory. Signal events are selected by examining the properties of the B meson recoiling against the semileptonic decay B−→D*0ℓ−¯νℓ. We find no evidence for a signal …