subduce

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin subdūcō (“I remove; I withdraw”).

Verb

1. To withdraw; to take away.

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2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
   • Sir M. Hale

     If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten.

Related terms

• subduct

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “subduce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) subdūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subdūcō

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Spanish

Verb

subduce

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of subducir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of subducir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of subducir.