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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1549
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(Subtracting,) Substrectand, vbl. n. [17th c. Eng. substracting (1628); Subtract v.] The action of removing (persons) from an activity. Const. to do something. —1549 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 588.
[Through the prohibition] many of thame hes deit for hungir sensyne substrectand and stoppand of thame to wyne thar levingis
