Deducting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deduct \De*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deducted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Deducting}.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct.
     See {Deduce}.]
     1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.]
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              A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.
                                                    --Udall.
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     2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering,
        estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with
        from or out of.
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              Deduct what is but vanity, or dress.  --Pope.
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              Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of
              the pay of the foreign troops.        --Bp. Burnet.
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              We deduct from the computation of our years that
              part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.
        --Norris.
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     3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] "Do not deduct it to days."
        --Massinger.
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