subduce

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/səbˈdjuːs/
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/səbˈdjuːs/ · /səbˈduːs/

Definition of subduce

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete)To 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”
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verb

  1. (obsolete)To 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”
  2. (obsolete)To 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.”

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Etymology

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

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