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re-dūcō

(old reddūcō; imper. reddūce, T.), dūxī, ductus, ere, to lead back, bring back, conduct back, escort back, accompany: exsules: expulsi inique, sed legibus reducti: ad se ut reducerentur, imperavit, Cs.: e pastu vitulos ad tecta, V.: in Italiam reductus, Cs.: uxorem, take back, T.: regem, restore: domum, H.: in ludum (puellulam), T.: adsurgi, deduci, reduci.—Of troops, to draw off, withdraw, cause to retreat, bring off: exercitum, Cs.: legionem reduci iussit, Cs.: legiones ex Britanniā, Cs.: in castra, Cs.—Of things, to draw back, bring back: (falces) tormentis introrsus reducebant, Cs.. ad pectora remos, O.: spumare reductis Convolsum remis aequor, V.: solem reducit, V.: noctem die labente (Phoebus), V.: hiemes, H.: febrim, H.—Fig., to bring back, restore, replace: animum aegrotum ad misericordiam, T.: reges a se m gratiam reducti, reconciled: quocum me in gratiam reduceret, restored to favor: te ad officium sanitatemque: meque ipse reduco A contemplatu, retire, O.: deus haec benignā Reducet in sedem vice, H.—To restore, reform: quo vis illos tu die Redducas, T.—To reduce, shape: lambendo mater in formam reducit, O.

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