SUBDUCTED

Verb

subducted

simple past tense and past participle of subduct

Source: Wiktionary


SUBDUCT

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



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