{ Sub*duce" (?), Sub*duct" (?), } v.
t. [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.
{ Sub*duce" (?), Sub*duct" (?), } v.
t. [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.