Subduce \Sub*duce"\, Subduct \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.
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2. 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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