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Webster 1913 Edition


Subduct

{

Sub-duce′

,

Sub-duct′

, }
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Subduct

SUBDUCE

, SUBDUCT,
Verb.
T.
[L., sub and duco, to draw.]
1.
To withdraw; to take away.
Or from my side subducting, took perhaps more than enough.
2.
To subtract by arithmetical operation.
If out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations we should subduct ten--

Definition 2024


subduct

subduct

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Verb

subduct (third-person singular simple present subducts, present participle subducting, simple past and past participle subducted)

  1. (transitive) To push under or below.
  2. (intransitive) To move downwards underneath something.
  3. (rare) To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.

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