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reduct

[ ri-duhkt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to reduce.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of reduct1

< Latin reductus, past participle of redūcere; reduce
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Example Sentences

One idea is that the vitamins reduct the body's levels of a molecule called homocysteine, which is linked to cardiovascular disease and poor cognitive function.

From Reuters

With powerful forces building behind it, Moynihan's latest payroll-tax- reduct ion proposal stands a good chance of surviving -- but only if it can get as far as a Senate-House conference, which could happen by June.

The "reformers" write broacht, ceast, distinguisht, establisht, introduçt, past, prejudiçt, pronounçt, rankt, pluckt, learnt, reduçt, spelt, trickt, uneartht, and assert that they write the words as they pronounce them.

I dunno if ’tis the fault of my close, but I reduct in summeh.

The mood required to be reduced is called the Reducend; that to which it conforms, when reduced, is called the Reduct.

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