reductn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈdʌkt/, U.S.

/rəˈdək(t)/,

/riˈdək(t)/

Forms: 1500s 1700s– reduct, 1600s reduck.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin reductus, reducere; Latin reductus.

Etymology: Partly < classical Latin reductus, past participle of reducere reduce v., and partly < post-classical Latin reductus refuge, hiding place, retreat (see redoubt n.).In sense 4 after French réduit reduit n.

1. Mathematics and Logic.

†a. A number, logical form, etc., obtained by reducing another (see reduce v. 21, 22; cf. reducend n.). Also: a process of reduction (reduction n. 9a). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > result of

quotientc1450

reduct1579

quote1667

1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 23 Yee shal multiply..the Denominator of the Reduct into the Numerator of the last Fragment to be reduced.

1792 tr. R. Murray Compend. Art Logick iii. iii. 102 The premises of the Reducend are by hypothesis true, therefore the conclusion of the Reduct (which contradicts one of them premises) is false.

1882 Analyst 9 55 Whether they can be separated into groups, so as to permit of the reduction of the equations to the 4th degree; or, on the other hand, to determine, by algebraic methods within the comprehension of the ordinary algebraist, the impossi'ty [sic] of such reduct.

b. A mathematical or logical structure derived from a given structure by disregarding some of the operations and relations of the latter.

ΚΠ

1960 H. J. Keisler in Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 25 8 The L-reduct of the L′-system ′ is the L-system formed from ′ simply ‘ignoring’ those constants of L′ which are not already constants of L, and leaving everything else unchanged.

1976 J. D. Monk Math. Logic xxviii. 460 We consider each language ℒ_X as a reduct of a certain A-expansion ℒ_A of ℒ.

2005 Bull. Symbolic Logic 11 466 The work of Boole was the starting point for a continuous flow of inquiries into the algebraization of quantifier logics (like first order logic and infinitary reducts of Keisler's logic) which various intermediate stages led to..the foundation of the theory of cylindric and polyadic algebras.

†2. Chemistry. A substance which restores a metal to an unchanged or metallic state. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Reduck, a Chymical term, signifying a Powder by which calcined Metals and Minerals are dissolved, and return again to their Metalline Regulus.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Reduct, among Chymists, is a Powder by which calcin'd Metals and Minerals are reduced again to their Regulus, or pure Substance.

3. Fortification. = redoubt n. 1a, 1b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork > redoubt

redoubta1608

doubt?1611

reduct1704

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Reduct, a Military term, signifying an advantageous piece of Ground, entrenched and separated from the rest of the Place, to retire to in case of surprize. [Also in later dictionaries.]

1856 D. F. Campbell tr. A. Thiers Hist. Consulate & Empire France XIII. xlii. 131 The two columns of Revel and Miocque..fall upon the Spaniards, who abandon the fort and retire into the reduct.

1887 F. D. Millet tr. L. Tolstoy Sebastopol 212 The bomb-proof reduct into which his guide conducted him was only a great, long cavern dug in the rocky earth.

1984 E. Hu-DeHart Yaqui Resistance & Survival iv. 107 Tórin..was considered an excellent military vantage because of its position on top of a small hill... General Carbó ordered the construction of a small reduct, where he stationed five hundred men.

†4. Building. A small part taken out of a larger area (see quot. 1728). Cf. quirk n.¹ 8a. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Reduct, in Building, a Quirk, or little Place, taken out of a larger, to make it more uniform and regular; or for some other Convenience, as for little Cabinets aside of Chimneys, Alcoves, &c.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† reductadj.

Forms: Middle English–1700s reduct, 1500s reducte.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin reductus, redūcere.

Etymology: < classical Latin reductus, past participle of redūcere reduce v. Compare later reduct v. and reduct n.

Obsolete.

I. As past participle.

1. Brought into or to a certain form, state, etc.; reduced to order.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > bringing into certain state or form

discomfortablec1350

reducta1398

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > changed in substance or essence

reducta1398

redact?a1475

transubstantiated?1550

reduceable1565

transubstantiate1848

transessentiate1852

the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > reduced to order

digesta1398

methodizeda1586

digested1598

reduct1641

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 11^v Þinges þat beþ reduct [L. reducuntur] to him, he [sc. God] lediþ & settiþ hem in a wel nobil ordir.

1442 T. Bekington Let. in G. Williams Mem. Reign Henry VI (1872) II. 213 (MED) Your said cite of Ax and your town of Saint Sever were nowe late reduct to your obeissance.

c1535 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 14 Nowe ye may boldely affirme that Wales is reduct to that state that oone thief taketh an other.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxx All the kynges host there beyng assembled and reduct in to one company.

1602 T. Campion Obseruations Art Eng. Poesie sig. B2 Oftentimes the straines of a song can not be reduct to true number without some rests prefixt in the beginning and middle.

1641 Ld. G. Digby 3rd Speech to Commons 17 I meane Episcopacy so ordered, reduct and limitted as..it may be by..sollid boundaryes.

1676 B. Tompson New Englands Crisis 22 Our Gazetts..must Report the plague of towns reduct to dust.

2. Brought or led back (into a place).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [adjective] > guided or led > back

reduct1545

reduced1697

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (ix.) f. 152^v He prayth for the remission of their sinnes and to be reducte into theyr londe.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells vi. Dial. 348 Menippus..Dy'de from amongst us, without taking leave And is again reduct.

1749 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts: Pt. I 22 His voice shou'd lamb-like hearts more softly call; Gently reduct, their strengthless faintings cheer, And rest them, safely lodg'd, within the fold.

II. As adjective.

3. Of the nature of or characterized by reduction; reductive. rare.

ΚΠ

1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery ii. vi. 141 The Commandment does not forbid any worship that is transitive, reduct, accidental, consequential, analogical and hyperdulical.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

reductv.

Brit.

/rᵻˈdʌkt/, U.S.

/rəˈdək(t)/,

/riˈdək(t)/

Forms: 1500s reducte, 1500s– reduct.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Latin redūct- , redūcere ; reduce v.

Etymology: < classical Latin redūct-, past participial stem of redūcere reduce v.; compare earlier reduct adj. and also later reduct n. In later use perhaps an alteration of reduce v. resulting from association with reduction n. and deduct v., or in some instances perhaps simply an error for reduce v.

Now rare.

†1. transitive. To bring into (also to, from) a certain form, state, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]

wendOE

forshapeOE

workOE

awendOE

makec1175

turna1200

forwenda1325

change1340

shape1362

transmewc1374

transposec1380

puta1382

convertc1384

exchangea1400

remue?a1400

makea1425

reduce?a1425

removec1425

resolvea1450

transvertc1450

overchangec1480

mew1512

transmutea1513

wring1524

reduct1548

transform1556

innovate1561

metamorphose1576

transume1579

metamorphize1587

transmove1590

transchangea1599

transfashion1601

deflect1613

fordo1624

entail1628

transmutate1632

distila1637

to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637

transqualify1652

unconvert1654

simulate1658

spend1668

transverse1687

hocus-pocus1774

mutate1796

fancy1801

to change around1871

metamorphosize1888

catalyse1944

morph1996

the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition > reduce to a state or condition

reduce?a1425

reduct1548

perduce1563

revoke1605

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

raisec1175

chastya1240

amenda1275

chastisec1330

reara1382

revokec1384

redressc1390

reclaima1393

reducec1425

reform1477

reclaim?a1505

emendc1542

claim1546

reduct1548

save1857

decriminalize1963

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII vii. f. xxvij His highnes & kyng Charles his master..should be reducted & brought again into their pristyne estate & consuete familiaritee.

1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes (1562) i. 6 b To resolue and reducte [Fr. reduire] gold into a potable licoure.

1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxiii. 59 The Man of Scorne and of a bitter Tongue Will never..Be from his Sin reducted.

1647 tr. G. Wishart Hist. Kings Affairs Scotl. under Montrose sig. **3 ^v Yet could they never be reducted to those straights, so sleightly..to deliver up their Kings to the arbitriment of others.

1816 C. Lamb Let. 26 Apr. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 215 I fear lest it should be discovered by..clear reducting to letters, no better than nonsense.]

†2. transitive. To bring or lead back (to a place). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > guide, lead, or show one the way

to show the waya1382

reduct1580

directa1616

inform1637

manuduct1641

pilot1649

set1678

airt1782

steer1859

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > lead back

teachc893

forleadOE

to lead the wayc1175

kenc1200

dressc1330

lerec1330

guy1362

guidec1374

reduce?a1425

tell1485

way lead1485

arrect1530

reconduct1566

reduct1580

1580 A. Munday View Sundry Examples sig. Ci ^v Hee..was led to the place where he committed this murderous offence,..was reducted back, and..was executed.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 428 I was neuer before reducted to such a floting Laborinth.

3. transitive. To deduct (a sum or amount). Also intransitive. Chiefly U.S. regional in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)]

abatec1400

rebate1425

batec1440

minishc1483

diminish?1504

detract1509

detray1509

deduct1524

defalkc1540

defalcate1541

subtray1549

derogate1561

discount1561

deduce?1566

substract1592

to strike off1597

reduct1600

subtract1610

subduct1716

to knock off1811

dock1891

shave1961

minus1963

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iv. iv. sig. Niii Maister Snippe, pray let me reduct some two or three shillings for points and Ribband.

1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. vii. §15 If we compare the several growth of steadfast faith and hypocrisy, they much resemble the order..of laying or reducting sums in accounts.

1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 213 But this Capital was paid again,..it being reducted out of the three millions of Crowns.

1896 Dial. Notes 1 423 Reduct my time from what I owe.

1923 A. E. Coppard Black Dog 230 Would he lend him fifty pounds? ‘No, I can't do that,’ his master says. ‘You can reduct it from my wages,’ Mark says.

2001 F. J. Hay Goin' back to Sweet Memphis iii. 58 Would you mind telling us when and where you were born?.. I'm fifty-eight years old now... Mm-huh, yes. And y'all can then reduct from that.

4. transitive. To bring down or diminish in size, number, amount, or degree; = reduce v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)]

thinc900

narroweOE

smalleOE

slakea1300

adminisha1325

minisha1382

reduce?c1400

diminish1417

littlea1500

extenuate1555

enstraiten1590

scantle1596

scant1599

bedwarfa1631

epitomize1630

dwarf1638

retrench1640

stunt1659

to take in1700

belittle1785

dwarfify1816

reduct1819

micrify1836

clip1858

downsize1977

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 175 My father, my lord, having by unthrifty courses reducted a fair patrimony to a nonentity.

1852 Times 9 Aug. 5/6 The number of lieutenants were to be reducted by the promotion of 50 of that rank to be commanders.

1920 Sci. Papers U.S. Bureau of Standards 15 217 The silver is turned brown in color, thus reducting its reflecting power.

1996 New Scientist 13 Jan. 3/2 The idea of adding iron to oceans in order to stimulate plankton growth and mop up carbon dioxide has attracted controversy as a means of reducting the greenhouse effect.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1579

adj.a1398

v.1548

单词	reduct
释义	reductn. Brit. /rᵻˈdʌkt/, U.S. /rəˈdək(t)/, /riˈdək(t)/ Forms: 1500s 1700s– reduct, 1600s reduck. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin reductus, reducere; Latin reductus. Etymology: Partly < classical Latin reductus, past participle of reducere reduce v., and partly < post-classical Latin reductus refuge, hiding place, retreat (see redoubt n.).In sense 4 after French réduit reduit n. 1. Mathematics and Logic. †a. A number, logical form, etc., obtained by reducing another (see reduce v. 21, 22; cf. reducend n.). Also: a process of reduction (reduction n. 9a). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > result of quotientc1450 reduct1579 quote1667 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 23 Yee shal multiply..the Denominator of the Reduct into the Numerator of the last Fragment to be reduced. 1792 tr. R. Murray Compend. Art Logick iii. iii. 102 The premises of the Reducend are by hypothesis true, therefore the conclusion of the Reduct (which contradicts one of them premises) is false. 1882 Analyst 9 55 Whether they can be separated into groups, so as to permit of the reduction of the equations to the 4th degree; or, on the other hand, to determine, by algebraic methods within the comprehension of the ordinary algebraist, the impossi'ty [sic] of such reduct. b. A mathematical or logical structure derived from a given structure by disregarding some of the operations and relations of the latter. ΚΠ 1960 H. J. Keisler in Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 25 8 The L-reduct of the L′-system ′ is the L-system formed from ′ simply ‘ignoring’ those constants of L′ which are not already constants of L, and leaving everything else unchanged. 1976 J. D. Monk Math. Logic xxviii. 460 We consider each language ℒ_X as a reduct of a certain A-expansion ℒ_A of ℒ. 2005 Bull. Symbolic Logic 11 466 The work of Boole was the starting point for a continuous flow of inquiries into the algebraization of quantifier logics (like first order logic and infinitary reducts of Keisler's logic) which various intermediate stages led to..the foundation of the theory of cylindric and polyadic algebras. †2. Chemistry. A substance which restores a metal to an unchanged or metallic state. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Reduck, a Chymical term, signifying a Powder by which calcined Metals and Minerals are dissolved, and return again to their Metalline Regulus. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Reduct, among Chymists, is a Powder by which calcin'd Metals and Minerals are reduced again to their Regulus, or pure Substance. 3. Fortification. = redoubt n. 1a, 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork > redoubt redoubta1608 doubt?1611 reduct1704 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Reduct, a Military term, signifying an advantageous piece of Ground, entrenched and separated from the rest of the Place, to retire to in case of surprize. [Also in later dictionaries.] 1856 D. F. Campbell tr. A. Thiers Hist. Consulate & Empire France XIII. xlii. 131 The two columns of Revel and Miocque..fall upon the Spaniards, who abandon the fort and retire into the reduct. 1887 F. D. Millet tr. L. Tolstoy Sebastopol 212 The bomb-proof reduct into which his guide conducted him was only a great, long cavern dug in the rocky earth. 1984 E. Hu-DeHart Yaqui Resistance & Survival iv. 107 Tórin..was considered an excellent military vantage because of its position on top of a small hill... General Carbó ordered the construction of a small reduct, where he stationed five hundred men. †4. Building. A small part taken out of a larger area (see quot. 1728). Cf. quirk n.¹ 8a. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Reduct, in Building, a Quirk, or little Place, taken out of a larger, to make it more uniform and regular; or for some other Convenience, as for little Cabinets aside of Chimneys, Alcoves, &c. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † reductadj. Forms: Middle English–1700s reduct, 1500s reducte. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin reductus, redūcere. Etymology: < classical Latin reductus, past participle of redūcere reduce v. Compare later reduct v. and reduct n. Obsolete. I. As past participle. 1. Brought into or to a certain form, state, etc.; reduced to order. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > bringing into certain state or form discomfortablec1350 reducta1398 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > changed in substance or essence reducta1398 redact?a1475 transubstantiated?1550 reduceable1565 transubstantiate1848 transessentiate1852 the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > reduced to order digesta1398 methodizeda1586 digested1598 reduct1641 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 11^v Þinges þat beþ reduct [L. reducuntur] to him, he [sc. God] lediþ & settiþ hem in a wel nobil ordir. 1442 T. Bekington Let. in G. Williams Mem. Reign Henry VI (1872) II. 213 (MED) Your said cite of Ax and your town of Saint Sever were nowe late reduct to your obeissance. c1535 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 14 Nowe ye may boldely affirme that Wales is reduct to that state that oone thief taketh an other. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxx All the kynges host there beyng assembled and reduct in to one company. 1602 T. Campion Obseruations Art Eng. Poesie sig. B2 Oftentimes the straines of a song can not be reduct to true number without some rests prefixt in the beginning and middle. 1641 Ld. G. Digby 3rd Speech to Commons 17 I meane Episcopacy so ordered, reduct and limitted as..it may be by..sollid boundaryes. 1676 B. Tompson New Englands Crisis 22 Our Gazetts..must Report the plague of towns reduct to dust. 2. Brought or led back (into a place). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [adjective] > guided or led > back reduct1545 reduced1697 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (ix.) f. 152^v He prayth for the remission of their sinnes and to be reducte into theyr londe. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells vi. Dial. 348 Menippus..Dy'de from amongst us, without taking leave And is again reduct. 1749 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts: Pt. I 22 His voice shou'd lamb-like hearts more softly call; Gently reduct, their strengthless faintings cheer, And rest them, safely lodg'd, within the fold. II. As adjective. 3. Of the nature of or characterized by reduction; reductive. rare. ΚΠ 1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery ii. vi. 141 The Commandment does not forbid any worship that is transitive, reduct, accidental, consequential, analogical and hyperdulical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). reductv. Brit. /rᵻˈdʌkt/, U.S. /rəˈdək(t)/, /riˈdək(t)/ Forms: 1500s reducte, 1500s– reduct. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Latin redūct- , redūcere ; reduce v. Etymology: < classical Latin redūct-, past participial stem of redūcere reduce v.; compare earlier reduct adj. and also later reduct n. In later use perhaps an alteration of reduce v. resulting from association with reduction n. and deduct v., or in some instances perhaps simply an error for reduce v. Now rare. †1. transitive. To bring into (also to, from) a certain form, state, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] wendOE forshapeOE workOE awendOE makec1175 turna1200 forwenda1325 change1340 shape1362 transmewc1374 transposec1380 puta1382 convertc1384 exchangea1400 remue?a1400 makea1425 reduce?a1425 removec1425 resolvea1450 transvertc1450 overchangec1480 mew1512 transmutea1513 wring1524 reduct1548 transform1556 innovate1561 metamorphose1576 transume1579 metamorphize1587 transmove1590 transchangea1599 transfashion1601 deflect1613 fordo1624 entail1628 transmutate1632 distila1637 to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637 transqualify1652 unconvert1654 simulate1658 spend1668 transverse1687 hocus-pocus1774 mutate1796 fancy1801 to change around1871 metamorphosize1888 catalyse1944 morph1996 the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition > reduce to a state or condition reduce?a1425 reduct1548 perduce1563 revoke1605 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person raisec1175 chastya1240 amenda1275 chastisec1330 reara1382 revokec1384 redressc1390 reclaima1393 reducec1425 reform1477 reclaim?a1505 emendc1542 claim1546 reduct1548 save1857 decriminalize1963 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII vii. f. xxvij His highnes & kyng Charles his master..should be reducted & brought again into their pristyne estate & consuete familiaritee. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes (1562) i. 6 b To resolue and reducte [Fr. reduire] gold into a potable licoure. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxiii. 59 The Man of Scorne and of a bitter Tongue Will never..Be from his Sin reducted. 1647 tr. G. Wishart Hist. Kings Affairs Scotl. under Montrose sig. *3 ^v Yet could they never be reducted to those straights, so sleightly..to deliver up their Kings to the arbitriment of others. 1816 C. Lamb Let.* 26 Apr. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 215 I fear lest it should be discovered by..clear reducting to letters, no better than nonsense.] †2. transitive. To bring or lead back (to a place). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > guide, lead, or show one the way to show the waya1382 reduct1580 directa1616 inform1637 manuduct1641 pilot1649 set1678 airt1782 steer1859 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > lead back teachc893 forleadOE to lead the wayc1175 kenc1200 dressc1330 lerec1330 guy1362 guidec1374 reduce?a1425 tell1485 way lead1485 arrect1530 reconduct1566 reduct1580 1580 A. Munday View Sundry Examples sig. Ci ^v Hee..was led to the place where he committed this murderous offence,..was reducted back, and..was executed. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 428 I was neuer before reducted to such a floting Laborinth. 3. transitive. To deduct (a sum or amount). Also intransitive. Chiefly U.S. regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)] abatec1400 rebate1425 batec1440 minishc1483 diminish?1504 detract1509 detray1509 deduct1524 defalkc1540 defalcate1541 subtray1549 derogate1561 discount1561 deduce?1566 substract1592 to strike off1597 reduct1600 subtract1610 subduct1716 to knock off1811 dock1891 shave1961 minus1963 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iv. iv. sig. Niii Maister Snippe, pray let me reduct some two or three shillings for points and Ribband. View more context for this quotation 1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. vii. §15 If we compare the several growth of steadfast faith and hypocrisy, they much resemble the order..of laying or reducting sums in accounts. 1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 213 But this Capital was paid again,..it being reducted out of the three millions of Crowns. 1896 Dial. Notes 1 423 Reduct my time from what I owe. 1923 A. E. Coppard Black Dog 230 Would he lend him fifty pounds? ‘No, I can't do that,’ his master says. ‘You can reduct it from my wages,’ Mark says. 2001 F. J. Hay Goin' back to Sweet Memphis iii. 58 Would you mind telling us when and where you were born?.. I'm fifty-eight years old now... Mm-huh, yes. And y'all can then reduct from that. 4. transitive. To bring down or diminish in size, number, amount, or degree; = reduce v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] thinc900 narroweOE smalleOE slakea1300 adminisha1325 minisha1382 reduce?c1400 diminish1417 littlea1500 extenuate1555 enstraiten1590 scantle1596 scant1599 bedwarfa1631 epitomize1630 dwarf1638 retrench1640 stunt1659 to take in1700 belittle1785 dwarfify1816 reduct1819 micrify1836 clip1858 downsize1977 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 175 My father, my lord, having by unthrifty courses reducted a fair patrimony to a nonentity. 1852 Times 9 Aug. 5/6 The number of lieutenants were to be reducted by the promotion of 50 of that rank to be commanders. 1920 Sci. Papers U.S. Bureau of Standards 15 217 The silver is turned brown in color, thus reducting its reflecting power. 1996 New Scientist 13 Jan. 3/2 The idea of adding iron to oceans in order to stimulate plankton growth and mop up carbon dioxide has attracted controversy as a means of reducting the greenhouse effect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579adj.a1398v.1548
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