{ 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.