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subducere [CL] 1 to draw up, raise. s1387 xiiij die Aprilis, ~tis anchoris solutisque navibus ‥ ad portum de A. pervenit Chr. Westm. p. 157; “ad velum currite,” rector ait. / sponte ‥ properant alii subducere remos Gower VC I 1681. 2 to withdraw, remove. b (refl. or pass.) to withdraw (from, w. dat.), to move away; c (of sunlight or sim.). d to extricate (surreptitiously). e to withdraw, cease to employ. 1409 ordinatum est quod le coynes in angulis campanilis ad extra ~antur et pro plano modo ascendat murus in angulis campanilis Fabr. York 200.  b quodam astu pugne se ~entes et iterum Francos ‥ impugnantes Ord. Vit. IX 12 p. 573.  c splendor ‥ ad caeli se alta subduxit Bede HE IV 7 p. 220; sol ipse die media subducitur ardens, / cum tonat undosus auster ab axe poli Alcuin Carm. 9. 21; densetur nubes, ~itur dies ‥ aerisque horror noctem inducit W. Malm. GP V 224.  d de carceribus reos extrahit et ‥ ~it ne debita in eos exerceatur justitia Grim Thom. 35.  e neutri ~as oculum nisi vise penitus et agnite Map NC V 1 f. 59v. 3 to remove (property or sim.) from the control or enjoyment of. 1361 hujus tempore rex Henricus I voluit monasterio subduxisse hundredum ‥ et mercatum, sed abbas producto privilegio sancti regis Edwardi conservavit (Chr. Abingd.) EHR XXVI 729. 4 (w. abstr.): a to withdraw, remove (something detrimental or obstructive). b to withhold (something beneficial or due). a si cui eruditionis nostre comperta industria difficultatem ~ens contigerit facultas Balsh. AD rec. 2 124; de viis regalibus, cum non essent certis limitibus distincte, orta est dissensio. Belinus vero ‥ ad ~endum omne ambiguum, quatuor regales vias ‥ sterni fecit Eul. Hist. II 145.  b nisi ‥ mors adveniens presenti vite spiritum subduxisset W. Malm. GR IV 388; ut de piaculo violate societatis taceam, vos ‥ ignominiosi venietis. gloriose mortis metu vires vestras a sociis subduxistis vestris Osb. Bawdsey clix; male sibi provident ‥ cum his quorum custodie ex suscepti regiminis officio sunt deputati ‥ curam ‥ subtrahunt et ~unt Gir. TH III 29. 5 to lead astray, mislead (cf. seducere). accesserunt quibus turbatio regni placebat ad Marganum, animumque illius ~entes, aiebant turpe ‥ esse, ipsum ‥ totius insule non dominari G. Mon. II 15; rex, perverso ~tus consilio, querit diverticula de observandis promissis libertatibus Flor. Hist. II 176 tit.. 6 (perh. conf. w. subdere): a (w. calcaria) to apply spurs (to). b to force to yield to. a subduxerunt calcaria equis suis et ‥ Romanos ‥ invadunt et confestim in fugam propellunt G. Mon. X 4; s1255 ~tis calcaribus [equum] in cursum velocius excitavit Ann. Burton 345.  b exemplar Putifar tibi fiat conjugis actus, que scelerosa Joseph voluit subducere fatis D. Bec. 1917.

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