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▪ I. † deduit, n. Obs. Forms: 3–4 dedut, 4 dedute, dedwt, 4–5 deduit(e, 5 deduyt(e. See also dute. [a. F. déduit (12th c. in Littré):—L. dēduct-um, subst. use of pa. pple. of dēdūcĕre in sense of ‘divert’. In Prov. desduch, desdui, from desduire, desdure = F. déduire, L. dēdūcĕre.] Diversion, enjoyment, pleasure.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 564 [Hy] were in hor dedut, iwend an hontinge. c1350Will. Palerne 4998 Þan driue þei forþ þe day in dedut and in murþe. 1393Gower Conf. III. 371 In which the yere hath his deduit Of grass, of lefe, of floure, of fruit. c1450Merlin 307 This Dionas loved moche the deduyt of the wode and the river. 1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xi. xiii, I [Venus] am lady of all courtosye and of al deduyt. 1483― Gold. Leg. 119 b/1 All the delytes and deduytes of the world. ▪ II. † deduit, -e, ppl. a. Obs. rare. [a. F. déduit, -ite, pa. pple. of déduire:—L. dēdūcĕre: see deduce.] Drawn out.
1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 26 He had the face deduyte in lengthe. |