De*duct" (?), v. 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.