subduct

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sub=duct

CIDE DICTIONARY

subduct, v. t. [L. subducere, subductum; sub under + ducere to lead, to draw. See Duke, and cf. Subdue.].

•  To withdraw; to take away.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.  [1913 Webster]

  "If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten."  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

subduct

Subtraction

VB subduct, subtract, deduct, deduce, bate, retrench, remove, withdraw, take from, take away, detract, garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out, abscind, excise, pare, thin, prune, decimate, abrade, scrape, file, geld, castrate, eliminate, diminish, curtail, deprive of, weaken.