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sub⋅duct

  [suhb-duhkt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to take away; subtract.
2. to withdraw; remove.
Origin:
1565–75; < L subductus, ptp. of subdūcere to draw up, withdraw (sub- sub- + dūcere to lead), equiv. to subduc- ptp. s. + -tus ptp. suffix
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sub·duc·tion   (səb-dŭk'shən)   
n.  A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another.

[French, from Latin subductus, past participle of subdūcere, to draw away from below : sub-, sub- + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
sub·duct' v., sub·duc'tal (-təl) adj.
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subduct sub·duct (səb-dŭkt')
v. sub·duct·ed, sub·duct·ing, sub·ducts
To pull or draw downward.

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