subduce

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/səbˈdjuːs//səbˈduːs/

verb

To withdraw; to take away.

OriginLatin subdūcō →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

verbsubduce (third-person singular simple present subduces, present participle subducing, simple past and past participle subduced)

present singular third person subduces · participle present subducing · participle past subduced · past subduced

  1. obsoleteTo withdraw; to take away.

    But Suetonins Paulinus , who next was sent hither , esteem'd a Souldier equall to the best in that age , for two years together went on prosperoully ; both confirming what was got , and subducing onward

    1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC
  2. obsoleteTo subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct, to subtract

    If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should by the Operation of the Understanding subduce ten.

    a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinsubdūcō“to remove; to withdraw”
  2. Englishsubduce

Latin subdūcō (“to remove; to withdraw”).

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APA

subduce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subduce

MLA

“subduce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subduce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subduce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subduce.

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