And to his brother's house reduced his wife.
--Chapman.
The sheep must of necessity be scattered, unless the
great Shephered of souls oppose, or some of his
delegates reduce and direct us. --Evelyn.
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. ``An ancient but reduced
family.'' --Sir W. Scott.
Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon
something belonging to it, to reduce it.
--Tillotson.
Having reduced Their foe to misery beneath their
fears. --Milton.
Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which
she found the clergyman reduced. --Hawthorne.
3. To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to
capture; as, to reduce a province or a fort.
{Reducing furnace} (Metal.), a furnace for reducing ores.
{Reducing pipe fitting}, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an
elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a
smaller one.
{Reducing valve}, a device for automatically maintaining a
diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe,
or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in
which the pressure is higher than is desired in the
receiver.