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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subduce \Sub*duce"\, Subduct \Sub*duct"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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