subtractv.

Brit.

/səbˈtrakt/, U.S.

/səbˈtræk(t)/

Forms: 1500s (Scottish) subtrak, 1500s–1600s subtracte, 1500s– subtract. N.E.D. (1915) also records a form 1500s subtrack.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin subtract-, subtrahere.

Etymology: < classical Latin subtract-, past participial stem of subtrahere to draw or drag from under, to remove, steal, to cease to provide, to remove, detach, to take away, withhold, in post-classical Latin also (in mathematics) to take away, deduct (6th cent.) < sub- sub- prefix + trahere to draw, carry (see tract n.³). Compare earlier subtray v. and the Romance forms cited at that entry, and later substract v. Compare also earlier subtraction n.

1. transitive. To withdraw or withhold (something beneficial, useful, or valuable, or something to which another person is entitled). Cf. subtraction n. 3. Now rare.In later use almost always with overtones of sense 3a; cf. sense 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] > keep what is due to or desired by another

ofholdOE

withholdc1200

abstaina1387

keep?1463

to hold up?1499

refrain?1504

outhold1512

detainc1535

to keep back1535

subtracta1538

substract1542

to hold out1907

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > withdraw

withdraw?c1225

surtrayc1440

surtretec1440

abstract1449

subtracta1538

substract1542

extracta1572

draw1600

a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 52^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Quhen he declinit fra the faith God subtrakit his hand of help.

1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 13 §13 Yf anye person doe subtracte or withdrawe any manner of tithes.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 588 They did not subtract from them their ciuill obedience or counted them from that day forward, no longer to be their kings.

1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 69 To subtract so much of the Ushers wages.

1628 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1878) III. 258 Desyring his lordship not to subtract his helping hand frome theme at this tyme in so important ane bussiness.

1646 W. Enos 2nd Pt. Surv. Articles Late Rejected Peace 113 Which being once knowne to forren Princes and Prelats, they would subtract all their helpes from us.

1700 C. Leslie Ess. Divine Right of Tythes x. 126 The Jews, the whole Nation of whom subtracted their Tythe, and were Cursed of God for it.

1778 Remembrancer 6 176/2 His Prussian Majesty..subtracts not any right of descendance from the eldest daughter of Albert.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. iii. 105 His ill will is thus raised, and he tries to subtract from man the use of fire.

1886 C. A. Lane Illustr. Notes Eng. Church Hist. (1888) I. vii. 107 The tendency to encroach upon Church property, and withhold or subtract the contributions to it which were thus made a first charge upon estates.

1915 F. Tilden That Night 79 Now he felt that all the luxuries of life had been subtracted from him.

1938 N. Schachner Mediaeval Univ. xxvii. 275 If he [sc. the student] still proved stiffnecked, his books were ‘subtracted’ from him.

2. transitive. To remove from a place or position; to extract. Also (esp. in later use) reflexive. Cf. substract v. 1b. Usually with from. Now rare (in later use merged with sense 4a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (reflexive)]

fersec1000

teec1275

voida1387

withdraw1390

takea1393

avoida1400

devoida1400

shifta1400

avyec1440

trussa1450

deferc1480

remove1530

convey1535

subtractc1540

subduce1542

retire?1548

substract1549

room1566

to take off1620

to make oneself scarce1809

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

c1540 Bellenden's Livy (S.T.S.) (MS. A) I. 8 To subtract [MS. B substract] me fra sicht of sic miserijs as oft occurris in to oure dayis.

1574 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. II. 374 The merchandis..traffiquand betuix Berwick and Edinburgh salbe subtractit and withdrawin.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 165 My lord secretare..had substractit himself..fra the lordis fauouraris of the king.

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 74 If they..would subtract themselves from her obedience.

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed iv. 432 Should we imagine Christ to anticipate the time of death, and to subtract his soul from future torments necessary to cause an expiration.

1676 J. Glanvill Ess. iii. 27 Let him then subtract his Finger, and he will perceive the Quicksilver to descend from the Tube into the subjacent Vessel.

1754 tr. H. Rimius Hist. Moravians xxviii. 129 How finely they wanted here to subtract themselves from the Jurisdiction of the Regency, and have to do with only one Man.

1889 Daily News 28 Feb. 4/2 Whether steps will be taken..to prevent Houston from subtracting himself from the jurisdiction of one of her Majesty's Courts.

1930 I. Goldberg Tin Pan Alley vi. 171 It would not be long before Von Tilzer would subtract himself from the firm.

3. Mathematics.

a. transitive. To take away (a number or quantity) from another in order to ascertain the remainder; to take away (one group, matrix, set, etc.) from another in an analogous operation. Usually with from. Cf. subtraction n. 2a.The earlier term was deduct. Cf. substract v. 2, subduce v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

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

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes f. 39 I wyll subtracte 2367924 out of 3468946, Those summes I sette in order thus.

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes f. 39* Write the article under the next place betwene the lynes, and subtracte the digette from the figure that is ouer those parcelles.

1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xx. 53 Subtract or take away the stars declination from the heigth.

1623 J. Johnson Arithmatick i. ii. sig. C If you subtract the numbers which you added from the totall of the Addition, there will remaine nothing, if the worke be truly done.

1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 62 Subtract the Complement of the Declination from the half Sum, and take the Remainder.

1899 Proc. London Math. Soc. 30 196 We subtract two matrices by subtracting all elements of one from the corresponding elements of the other.

1936 Fortune Oct. 202/3 Those who exaggerate costs consistently neglect to subtract the recoverables.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Jan. e5/2 The measurement computed by subtracting your waist size from your chest size.

b. intransitive. To carry out a subtraction, to perform subtraction.

ΚΠ

1652 News from Lowe Countreys 8 Podex can..Adde, Multiply, Subtract, Divide.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 270 They could not only add, subtract, multiply, divide,..but, were perfect in fractions vulgar and decimal.

1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 72 Remembering to subtract at the last step instead of adding.

1959 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio (1960) 25 The neotene who marches Upright and can subtract.

2004 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Jan. 84/2 He couldn't subtract by turning the crank backward, because..subtraction requires a borrow beforehand.

4. figurative and in extended use.

a. transitive. To take away, remove. Usually with from.

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

1610 R. Field Fifth Bk. of Church App. i. 101 Though by giuing much to the grace of God, he subtract some-thing from the power of nature, or free-will.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 123 What is so subtracted or subducted out of the extent of the Divine Perfection, leaves still a Quotient, if I may so call it, Infinite.

1783 T. Holcroft Human Happiness ii. 24 Should you from these fumes of reason Subtract hems, epithets, and treason; Of all this wond'rous waste of brains You'd quickly find that nought remains.

1838 F. Haywood tr. I. Kant Critick Pure Reason i. 415 A law of the understanding, from which it is permitted to deviate under no pretence, or therefrom to subtract any phenomenon.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ix. 157 The transient pink flush..subtracted nothing from her majesty.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 474 That is what I suppose you to say,..you may, if you wish, add or subtract anything.

1935 Discovery July 190/1 We can recompose colour either by adding primary coloured lights to black..or by subtracting primary coloured lights from a white light..containing all colours.

1999 P. Straub Mr. X ii. 7 I subtracted from the world a gangly hooker in stacked, high-heel sandals.

2009 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 12 Oct. (INstride section) 12/1 Surfing at Lake Monroe? Not quite, but stand up paddling is close. Just add a paddle and subtract the salty waves.

b. intransitive. To take something away from; to detract from.

ΘΚΠ

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

subtray?c1425

abatec1467

detracta1592

substract1637

debate1658

subtract1682

1682 H. Care Hist. Popery IV. 158 It may be alledged, That the Church of Rome hath only added to the Foundation, not taken away, or subtracted from it.

1799 W. Godwin St. Leon I. vii. 200 Though I was the author of all her calamities, she did not permit this consideration to subtract from the purity of her affection.

1862 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 5) I. ii. vii. 303 The number of steps in an argument does not subtract from its reliableness.

1890 V. A. Davis Jefferson Davis I. xxiii. 270 He..had become so stout that it subtracted from his height somewhat.

1912 H. D. Croly Marcus Alonzo Hanna 187 That the opportunities were good does not subtract from the rarity of the achievement.

1991 Skiing Mar. 2/1 (advt.) Polartec..has a higher warmth-to-weight ratio than natural fibers, so you can add layers without subtracting from your performance.

2010 C. Cassella Healer (2011) 40 She feels diminished by the verbalization of the years she's been away from the practice of medicine—personally diminished, as if it subtracted from her value as a human being.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subtract
释义	† subtractn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin subtractus, subtrahere. Etymology: < classical Latin subtractus, past participle of subtrahere subtract v.With sense 1 compare earlier abstract n. 3a. Obsolete. rare. 1. Perhaps: a remainder (remainder n. 1a). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > residue of an estate remainder1394 remnantc1400 residue1411 remainera1450 remainder over1523 remanant1528 particular estate1590 remaindment1629 subtract1641 residuum1663 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D3 Sir Iohn Perrot was a goodly Gentleman..and he was of a very ancient discent, as an heire to many Subtracts [1641 (new ed.): abstracts] of Gentry. 2. Mathematics. = subtrahend n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > subtraction > subtrahend or minuend minor1612 subtracter1645 minorand1674 subducend1674 subtrahend1685 subtract1690 minuend1706 substrahend1707 substractor1718 substrahend1718 subtractor1724 subtrahend1724 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 341 If he be carefull to make his Canon right, the Letters themselves will direct him how to frame his Divisors and Subtracts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). subtractv. Brit. /səbˈtrakt/, U.S. /səbˈtræk(t)/ Forms: 1500s (Scottish) subtrak, 1500s–1600s subtracte, 1500s– subtract. N.E.D. (1915) also records a form 1500s subtrack. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin subtract-, subtrahere. Etymology: < classical Latin subtract-, past participial stem of subtrahere to draw or drag from under, to remove, steal, to cease to provide, to remove, detach, to take away, withhold, in post-classical Latin also (in mathematics) to take away, deduct (6th cent.) < sub- sub- prefix + trahere to draw, carry (see tract n.³). Compare earlier subtray v. and the Romance forms cited at that entry, and later substract v. Compare also earlier subtraction n. 1. transitive. To withdraw or withhold (something beneficial, useful, or valuable, or something to which another person is entitled). Cf. subtraction n. 3. Now rare.In later use almost always with overtones of sense 3a; cf. sense 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] > keep what is due to or desired by another ofholdOE withholdc1200 abstaina1387 keep?1463 to hold up?1499 refrain?1504 outhold1512 detainc1535 to keep back1535 subtracta1538 substract1542 to hold out1907 the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > withdraw withdraw?c1225 surtrayc1440 surtretec1440 abstract1449 subtracta1538 substract1542 extracta1572 draw1600 a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 52^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Quhen he declinit fra the faith God subtrakit his hand of help. 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 13 §13 Yf anye person doe subtracte or withdrawe any manner of tithes. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 588 They did not subtract from them their ciuill obedience or counted them from that day forward, no longer to be their kings. 1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 69 To subtract so much of the Ushers wages. 1628 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1878) III. 258 Desyring his lordship not to subtract his helping hand frome theme at this tyme in so important ane bussiness. 1646 W. Enos 2nd Pt. Surv. Articles Late Rejected Peace 113 Which being once knowne to forren Princes and Prelats, they would subtract all their helpes from us. 1700 C. Leslie Ess. Divine Right of Tythes x. 126 The Jews, the whole Nation of whom subtracted their Tythe, and were Cursed of God for it. 1778 Remembrancer 6 176/2 His Prussian Majesty..subtracts not any right of descendance from the eldest daughter of Albert. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. iii. 105 His ill will is thus raised, and he tries to subtract from man the use of fire. 1886 C. A. Lane Illustr. Notes Eng. Church Hist. (1888) I. vii. 107 The tendency to encroach upon Church property, and withhold or subtract the contributions to it which were thus made a first charge upon estates. 1915 F. Tilden That Night 79 Now he felt that all the luxuries of life had been subtracted from him. 1938 N. Schachner Mediaeval Univ. xxvii. 275 If he [sc. the student] still proved stiffnecked, his books were ‘subtracted’ from him. 2. transitive. To remove from a place or position; to extract. Also (esp. in later use) reflexive. Cf. substract v. 1b. Usually with from. Now rare (in later use merged with sense 4a). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (reflexive)] fersec1000 teec1275 voida1387 withdraw1390 takea1393 avoida1400 devoida1400 shifta1400 avyec1440 trussa1450 deferc1480 remove1530 convey1535 subtractc1540 subduce1542 retire?1548 substract1549 room1566 to take off1620 to make oneself scarce1809 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 c1540 Bellenden's Livy (S.T.S.) (MS. A) I. 8 To subtract [MS. B substract] me fra sicht of sic miserijs as oft occurris in to oure dayis. 1574 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. II. 374 The merchandis..traffiquand betuix Berwick and Edinburgh salbe subtractit and withdrawin. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 165 My lord secretare..had substractit himself..fra the lordis fauouraris of the king. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 74 If they..would subtract themselves from her obedience. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed iv. 432 Should we imagine Christ to anticipate the time of death, and to subtract his soul from future torments necessary to cause an expiration. 1676 J. Glanvill Ess. iii. 27 Let him then subtract his Finger, and he will perceive the Quicksilver to descend from the Tube into the subjacent Vessel. 1754 tr. H. Rimius Hist. Moravians xxviii. 129 How finely they wanted here to subtract themselves from the Jurisdiction of the Regency, and have to do with only one Man. 1889 Daily News 28 Feb. 4/2 Whether steps will be taken..to prevent Houston from subtracting himself from the jurisdiction of one of her Majesty's Courts. 1930 I. Goldberg Tin Pan Alley vi. 171 It would not be long before Von Tilzer would subtract himself from the firm. 3. Mathematics. a. transitive. To take away (a number or quantity) from another in order to ascertain the remainder; to take away (one group, matrix, set, etc.) from another in an analogous operation. Usually with from. Cf. subtraction n. 2a.The earlier term was deduct. Cf. substract v. 2, subduce v. 2. ΘΚΠ 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 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes f. 39 I wyll subtracte 2367924 out of 3468946, Those summes I sette in order thus. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes f. 39* Write the article under the next place betwene the lynes, and subtracte the digette from the figure that is ouer those parcelles. 1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xx. 53 Subtract or take away the stars declination from the heigth. 1623 J. Johnson Arithmatick i. ii. sig. C If you subtract the numbers which you added from the totall of the Addition, there will remaine nothing, if the worke be truly done. 1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 62 Subtract the Complement of the Declination from the half Sum, and take the Remainder. 1899 Proc. London Math. Soc. 30 196 We subtract two matrices by subtracting all elements of one from the corresponding elements of the other. 1936 Fortune Oct. 202/3 Those who exaggerate costs consistently neglect to subtract the recoverables. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Jan. e5/2 The measurement computed by subtracting your waist size from your chest size. b. intransitive. To carry out a subtraction, to perform subtraction. ΚΠ 1652 News from Lowe Countreys 8 Podex can..Adde, Multiply, Subtract, Divide. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 270 They could not only add, subtract, multiply, divide,..but, were perfect in fractions vulgar and decimal. 1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 72 Remembering to subtract at the last step instead of adding. 1959 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio (1960) 25 The neotene who marches Upright and can subtract. 2004 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Jan. 84/2 He couldn't subtract by turning the crank backward, because..subtraction requires a borrow beforehand. 4. figurative and in extended use. a. transitive. To take away, remove. Usually with from. 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 1610 R. Field Fifth Bk. of Church App. i. 101 Though by giuing much to the grace of God, he subtract some-thing from the power of nature, or free-will. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 123 What is so subtracted or subducted out of the extent of the Divine Perfection, leaves still a Quotient, if I may so call it, Infinite. 1783 T. Holcroft Human Happiness ii. 24 Should you from these fumes of reason Subtract hems, epithets, and treason; Of all this wond'rous waste of brains You'd quickly find that nought remains. 1838 F. Haywood tr. I. Kant Critick Pure Reason i. 415 A law of the understanding, from which it is permitted to deviate under no pretence, or therefrom to subtract any phenomenon. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ix. 157 The transient pink flush..subtracted nothing from her majesty. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 474 That is what I suppose you to say,..you may, if you wish, add or subtract anything. 1935 Discovery July 190/1 We can recompose colour either by adding primary coloured lights to black..or by subtracting primary coloured lights from a white light..containing all colours. 1999 P. Straub Mr. X ii. 7 I subtracted from the world a gangly hooker in stacked, high-heel sandals. 2009 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 12 Oct. (INstride section) 12/1 Surfing at Lake Monroe? Not quite, but stand up paddling is close. Just add a paddle and subtract the salty waves. b. intransitive. To take something away from; to detract from. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (intransitive)] subtray?c1425 abatec1467 detracta1592 substract1637 debate1658 subtract1682 1682 H. Care Hist. Popery IV. 158 It may be alledged, That the Church of Rome hath only added to the Foundation, not taken away, or subtracted from it. 1799 W. Godwin St. Leon I. vii. 200 Though I was the author of all her calamities, she did not permit this consideration to subtract from the purity of her affection. 1862 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 5) I. ii. vii. 303 The number of steps in an argument does not subtract from its reliableness. 1890 V. A. Davis Jefferson Davis I. xxiii. 270 He..had become so stout that it subtracted from his height somewhat. 1912 H. D. Croly Marcus Alonzo Hanna 187 That the opportunities were good does not subtract from the rarity of the achievement. 1991 Skiing Mar. 2/1 (advt.) Polartec..has a higher warmth-to-weight ratio than natural fibers, so you can add layers without subtracting from your performance. 2010 C. Cassella Healer (2011) 40 She feels diminished by the verbalization of the years she's been away from the practice of medicine—personally diminished, as if it subtracted from her value as a human being. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1641v.a1538
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† subtractn.

subtractv.