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1.
To bring or
lead
back
to any
former
place
or
condition
.
Source : opted (
127221
) - auto
2.
To bring to any
inferior
state
,
with
respect
to
rank
,
size
,
quantity
,
quality
,
value
,
etc.
;
to
diminish
;
to
lower
;
to
degrade
;
to
impair
;
as,
to
reduce
a
sergeant
to the ranks;
to
reduce
a drawing;
to
reduce
expenses;
to
reduce
the
intensity
of
heat
.
Source : opted (
127222
) - auto
3.
To bring to terms;
to
humble
;
to
conquer
;
to
subdue
;
to
capture
;
as,
to
reduce
a
province
or a
fort
.
Source : opted (
127223
) - auto
4.
To bring to a
certain
state
or
condition
by grinding,
pounding,
kneading,
rubbing,
etc.
;
as,
to
reduce
a
substance
to
powder
,
or to a
pasty
mass;
to
reduce
fruit
,
wood
,
or
paper
rags,
to
pulp
.
Source : opted (
127224
) - auto
5.
To bring into a
certain
order
,
arrangement
,
classification
,
etc.
;
to bring
under
rules or
within
certain
limits of descriptions and terms adapted to
use
in
computation
;
as,
to
reduce
animals or vegetables to a class or classes;
to
reduce
a series of observations in
astronomy
;
to
reduce
language
to rules.
Source : opted (
127225
) - auto
6.
To
change
,
as numbers,
from one
denomination
into
another
without altering
their
value
,
or from one
denomination
into others of the
same
value
;
as,
to
reduce
pounds,
shillings,
and
pence
to
pence
,
or to
reduce
pence
to pounds;
to
reduce
days and hours to minutes,
or minutes to days and hours.
Source : opted (
127226
) - auto
7.
To
change
the
form
of a
quantity
or
expression
without altering its
value
;
as,
to
reduce
fractions to
their
lowest
terms,
to a
common
denominator
,
etc.
Source : opted (
127227
) - auto
8.
To bring to the
metallic
state
by separating from impurities;
hence
,
in
general
,
to
remove
oxygen
from;
to
deoxidize
;
to
combine
with,
or to
subject
to the
action
of,
hydrogen
;
as,
ferric
iron
is reduced to ferrous
iron
;
or metals are reduced from
their
ores;
-- opposed to
oxidize
.
Source : opted (
127228
) - auto
9.
To
restore
to its
proper
place
or
condition
,
as a displaced
organ
or
part
;
as,
to
reduce
a
dislocation
,
a
fracture
,
or a
hernia
.
Source : opted (
127229
) - auto
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