† subˈduce, v. Obs.
[ad. L. subdūcĕre, f. sub- sub- 26 + dūcĕre to lead, bring.]
1. trans. To take away, withdraw (lit. and fig.).
| 1626 Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xx. iv, Else, had the chyld beene secretly subduced, and missed by his bloodie grand⁓mother. 1632 ― Hard Texts Matt. xxviii. 20 Howsoever my bodily presence shall be subduced from you. 1664 Owen Vind. Animadv. xvi. 422 No small part of the Territories of many Princes is subduced from under their power. a 1761 Law Comf. Weary Pilgrim (1809) 55 They wanted not to have..their covetousness and sensuality to be subduced by a new nature from heaven derived into them. |
b. To withdraw from allegiance; = seduce v. 1.
| a 1578 Lindesay Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 297 [He] had subducit with his gould the men of weir that keipit the castell. |
c. refl. (occas. intr.) To withdraw oneself or itself from a place or society, from allegiance, etc.; to escape from; to secede.
| 1542 Becon Pathw. Prayer ii. B vj b, It shalbe expedient for such as intende to exercyse prayer..to subduce & conuaye them selues from the company of the worldely people into some secrete..place. 1610 Bp. Hall Apol. Brownists §7 You have separated from this Church..: If Christ haue taken away his word and Spirit [from it], you have justly subduced. 1636 T. Goodwin Child of Light (1643) 112 A man can no way avoid his suggestions, nor subduce himself from them. a 1656 Bp. Hall Specialities Life Rem. Wks. (1660) 21, I subduced myself speedily from their presence. a 1660 Hammond 19 Serm. xiv. Wks. 1684 IV. 658 For never was the earth so peevish, as to..subduce it self from its [sc. the sun's] rayes. |
2. To subtract, as a mathematical operation.
| 1571 Digges Pantom. i. xviii. F b, Subduce the first distance from the third. 1588 A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. h vij, Thane subduce ye haill frome ye nombre of ye dayes of yat moneth. a 1676 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 106 If out of that supposed infinite multitude of antecedent Generation, we should by the Operation of the Understanding subduce Ten. |
3. To bring, lead into. rare.
| 1609 Tourneur Funeral Poem Sir F. Vere 278 Offences done against his owne estate..have oftentimes Subduc'd the malefactors for those crimes Into the hands of justice. |
Hence † subˈducing vbl. n., withdrawal.
| 1633 Bp. Hall Hard Texts Neh. vi. 11 By weake subducing of my selfe, and hiding my head in the Temple. a 1660 Hammond 19 Serm. xi. Wks. 1684 IV. 636 A cowardly, pusillanimous subducing of ones self. |