SUBDUCT

Etymology

Verb

subduct (third-person singular simple present subducts, present participle subducting, simple past and past participle subducted)

(transitive) To push under or below.

(intransitive) To move downwards underneath something.

(rare) To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.

Anagrams

• bus duct

Source: Wiktionary

Sub*duce", Sub*duct", v. t. Etym: [L. subducere, subductum; sub under + ducere to lead, to draw. See Duke, and cf. Subdue.]

1. To withdraw; to take away. Milton.

2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct. If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten. Sir M. Hale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition