Deducting

Deduct \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.]
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            A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.
                                                  --Udall.
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   2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering,
      estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with
      from or out of.
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            Deduct what is but vanity, or dress.  --Pope.
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            Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of
            the pay of the foreign troops.        --Bp. Burnet.
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            We deduct from the computation of our years that
            part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.
      --Norris.
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   3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] "Do not deduct it to days."
      --Massinger.
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