SUBSTRACT', verb transitive [Latin subtraho, subractum.] To subtract.
Note.--Substract was formerly used in analogy with abstract. But in modern usage, it is written according to the Latin, subtract. See this word and its derivatives.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.