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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subtract \Sub*tract"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Subtracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subtracting}.] [L. subtractus, p. p. of subtrahere to draw from beneath, withdraw, remove; sub under + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, verb (used with an object), and cf. {Substract}.] To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
subtracted
adjective: taken away [ant: {added}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "subtracted": absconded, absent, away, deleted, departed, disappeared, gone, lacking, missing, no longer present, nonattendant, nonexistent, not found, not present, omitted, out of sight, taken away, vanished, wanting
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