Category:Subduce

Sub*duce", sub*duct", v. t. Etym: [l. subducere, subductum; sub under + ducere to lead, to draw. See duke, and cf. Subdue.]

1. To withdraw; to take away. Milton.

2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct. If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten. Sir m. Hale.