subductv.
/səbˈdʌkt/, /ˌsʌbˈdʌkt/, U.S. /səbˈdək(t)/ 1. † b. intransitive. With from. To lessen in effect or extent; to reduce, diminish. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To take away (a quantity) from (also †out of) another; to subtract, deduct. Also intransitive. Cf. subduce v. 2. Now rare.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (transitive)] > subtract
to do awayOE
drawc1392
to take out of ——a1398
to take offa1400
withdrawc1400
subtray?c1425
ydraw?c1425
surtretec1440
to take away?1537
rebate1543
subtract1543
subduct?1556
substra?1558
pull?a1560
subduce?a1560
substract1559
to pull back?1574
difference1658
take1798
minus1963
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
?1556 L. Digges Tectonicon xviii. sig. E.iiv Subduct the lesse height out of the more, of force your desiered length remayneth.
1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria v. sig. V iij Your greater semidiameter, whiche subducted from youre former diuisor, leaueth the semidimetient of the intrinsicall circle.
1646 Record's Ground of Arts (new ed.) 110 Therefore seeing 9 in the quotient, multiply, and subduct as before.
1674 J. Moxon Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. (ed. 3) ii. 70 200 Years..which subducted out of 1000 leaves 800 Years.
1706 W. Jones Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos 14 According to their respective Value, take one of the next Denomination, out of which Subduct.
1716 B. Church Entertaining Passages Philip's War ii. 83 Fobes..was order'd to keep a just accompt of what each Indian had so that it might be subducted out of their wages at their return home.
1789 G. Adams Astron. & Geogr. Ess. ii. 401 The latitude of the present place of the ship..subducted from the latitude of the port A, will give the present latitude in the meridian.
1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. iii. 42 Subducting the diameter of the hole from the length and breadth of the image, there remains 13 inches in the length and 23/ 8 inches in the breadth.
1881 Nature 14 Apr. 558/2 When we..subduct the vapour pressure from the barometric height.
1915 R. Dodge & F. G. Benedict Psychol. Effects Alcohol 106 Absolute values will be found by subducting 37 σ from recorded values.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > become displaced [verb (intransitive)] > be removed or taken away
to go off?c1425
pass1611
subduct1669
1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica ii. 124 The Spaw..helps the refining of the vessels..and so subducts from the Disease by hindring the affluent cause.
1798 W. F. Mavor Brit. Tourists V. 193 Its neglected and languishing state still farther subducts from its picturesque effect.
1841 D. D. Davis Elements Obstetr. Med. (ed. 2) viii. 481 The use of anti-irritant measures,..to subduct from the heat and excitement of the affected organ.
2. To remove from a place, position, etc.; to withdraw from use, consideration, influence, or the like. Cf. subduce v. 1.† c. transitive (reflexive). Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. With immaterial object. Now rare.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away
ateec885
withbreidec890
animOE
overbearOE
to do awayOE
flitc1175
reavec1175
takec1175
to have away?a1300
to draw awayc1300
weve13..
to wend awaya1325
withdrawa1325
remuec1325
to carry away1363
to take away1372
waive1377
to long awaya1382
oftakec1390
to draw offa1398
to do froa1400
forflitc1420
amove?a1425
to carry out?a1425
surtrayc1440
surtretec1440
twistc1440
abstract1449
ostea1450
remove1459
ablatea1475
araisea1475
redd1479
dismove1480
diminish?1504
convey1530
alienate1534
retire1536
dimove1540
reversec1540
subtractc1540
submove1542
sublate1548
pare1549
to pull in1549
exempt1553
to shift off1567
retract?1570
renversec1586
aufer1587
to lay offa1593
rear1596
retrench1596
unhearse1596
exemea1600
remote1600
to set off1600
subduct1614
rob1627
extraneize1653
to bring off1656
to pull back1656
draft1742
extract1804
reef1901
1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. iii. vi. 151 Yet must all excesse in spirituall graces..be subducted from that prerogatiue which wee that are Christs messengers, haue in respect of Aarons successors.
1660 P. Heylyn Historia Quinqu-articularis To Rdr. sig. A4 Nor have I purposely concealed or subducted any thing considerable which may seem to make for the advantage of the opposite party.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will i. ii. 12 Having its Influence added to other Things, or subducted from them.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vi. 156 When the effects of all known causes are estimated with exactness, and subducted.
1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxvii Subducting the devilish feature, it were well, perhaps, if all Englishmen..resembled this portrait.
1917 Bull. Photogr. 2 May 413/2 I can eliminate mercantile failure, subduct the word chance from the commercial lexicon, and take the gamble out of the game of business.
b. transitive. With physical object. Now rare.
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1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Ggg The three Palestines..being subducted from the power of the See of Antioch.
1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee 205 One of the Elements is subducted from the people, and the other is adored by them.
1667 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 382 For one determinate space of time it exhibits its lucid part to the Earth, for another, subducts it.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 141 I had but a bare sight of that Pamphlet, it being presently subducted from the Publick Perusal.
a1792 G. Horne in W. Jones Mem. Life G. Horne (1795) 353 The Chinese physicians never prescribe bleeding..; saying, that, if the pot boil too fast, it is better to subduct the fuel, than lade out the water.
1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 37 He replaced the single button [on his breeches] he had just subducted.
1861 Liberator (Boston) 6 Sept. 142/1 The discontented state of East Tennessee will not yet allow them to subduct their entire force from the State.
1995 Independent (Nexis) 9 June 6 Of 47 lidos built this century, only 11 are in use today. The rest were systematically subducted by financial pressure from the government.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (reflexive)] > be removed or taken away
subduct1654
1654 J. Owen Doctr. Saints Perseverance xvii. 438 True Believers shall live, & believe, to the saving of their soules, in opposition to them that draw back, or subduct themselves to perdition.
1668 J. Owen Pract. Expos. 130th Psalm 76 From his providential presence he could never subduct himself.
3. transitive. With from. To take away or remove (something, esp. money) surreptitiously or fraudulently. Also intransitive. Now rare.
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1760 S. Johnson Idler 9 Feb. 41 Purchased with Money subducted from the Shop.
1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. xiii. 228 By subducting largely from the sums confided to him.
1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) I. xii. 250 If he had..brought down a brace out of a covey, instead of subducting them from the platter.
1868 Brit. Harbinger 1 Nov. 372 To thieve at all is unspeakably mean; but, to think of whence it was that Judas subducted his ill gotten gains.
1913 Texas Mag. 7 454 There never is anything surprising in the application of any device for subducting from the cash or credit belonging to the man most responsible for theatrical success—the dramatist.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > draw or pull up
upbraidc1275
updrawc1300
to strike upa1475
uphalec1540
grimp1684
subduct1840
1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 22 Subducting his coat-tails one under each arm [etc.].
1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ The O.V.H. xxxi Jemmy subducted his coat-tails, and sat him down.
5. transitive (in passive) and intransitive. Geology. Of a crustal plate, or section of the earth's crust: to move downwards and at an angle into the mantle beneath an adjacent plate or body of crust; to undergo subduction (subduction n. 6).
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [verb (intransitive)] > movement of lithospheric plates
subduct1970
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > tectonize [verb (transitive)] > movement of lithospheric plates
suture1886
subduct1970
obduct1971
1970 R. S. Dietz & J. C. Holden in Jrnl. Geophysical Res. 75 4955/1 Our reconstruction shows this as an embayment of ancient Tethys that, owing to the late detachment of Australia from Antarctica, has not yet been subducted into the Java trench.
1975 Sci. Amer. Nov. 98/2 It is puzzling..that the Pacific plate can move laterally for 6,000 kilometers before it subducts.
1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans iii. 97 India was not subducted but crumpled up against Asia.
1999 G. Daws & M. Fujita Archipelago iv. 83 Where a continent attempts to subduct, mountains are created.
2010 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Aug. 30/3 As oceanic crust subducts back into the mantle, it carries carbon-rich sediment with it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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