De-dūct', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEDUCTED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEDUCTING.] [Lat. deducere, deductum. See DEDUCE.]

1. To lead out or from; to deduce. [Obs.] “A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.” Udal.
2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract.

Two and a half per cent. should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. Bennet. 3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] “Do not deduct it to days.” Massinger.