What is "subduce"

Subduce \Sub*duce"\, Subduct \Sub*duct"\, v. t. [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.

mid-15c., "to delete;" 1540s, "to withdraw oneself" (from a place, allegiance, etc.), from Latin subducere "to draw away, withdraw, remove," from sub- (see sub-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related: Subduced; subducing.

vb. 1 To withdraw; to take away. 2 To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.