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soustraire.

to subtract (to remove or reduce)

10 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/sus.tʁɛʁ/
  1. to subtract (to remove or reduce)

  2. to subtract

  3. to avoid, to escape (from)

    reflexive
    se soustraire à ses obligations
  4. to preserve, protect from; free from

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French sustraire, borrowed from Latin subtrahere (with conjugation modeled on traire), and altered based on influence from words like souscrire.

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