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Webster 1913 Edition

Deduct

De-duct′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deducted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Deducting
.]
[L.
deductus
, p. p. of
deducere
to deduct. See
Deduce
.]
1.
To lead forth or out.
[Obs.]
A people
deducted
out of the city of Philippos.
Udall.
2.
To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; – often with from or out of.
Deduct
what is but vanity, or dress.
Pope.
Two and a half per cent should be
deducted
out of the pay of the foreign troops.
Bp. Burnet.
We
deduct
from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.
Norris.
3.
To reduce; to diminish.
[Obs.]
“Do not deduct it to days.”
Massinger.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deduct

DEDUCT

,
Verb.
T.
To take from; to subtract; to separate or remove, in numbering, estimating or calculating. Thus we say, from the sum of two numbers, deduct the lesser number; from the amount of profits, deduct the charges of freight.

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