'Subduct' definitions:

Definition of 'Subduct'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct. [1913 Webster]
  • If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]

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