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   { Subduce , Subduct , } v. t. [L. subducere, subductum; sub under + ducere to lead, to draw. See Duke, and cf. Subdue.]
   To withdraw; to take away.
   Milton.
   
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   To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
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   If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten.
   Sir M. Hale.
   
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