Subtracting

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

  Subtract \Sub*tract"\, v. t. [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}, v. t., 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.


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