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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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