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Loops of magnetic tape to create patterns or sounds
music, tape loops are loops of magnetic tape used to create repetitive, rhythmic musical patterns or dense layers of sound when played on a tape recorder
Tape_loop
Repeating section of sound material in electroacoustic music
technologies including turntables, digital samplers, looper pedals, synthesizers, sequencers, drum machines, tape machines, and delay units, and they can be programmed
Loop_(music)
Type of textile fastener
Velcro Hook and Loop Fastener, commonly known as Velcro (a trademarked term that the manufacturer renders in all-capital letters as VELCRO), hook-and-pile
Velcro
1966 song by the Beatles
underpinned by a constant but non-standard drum pattern; added to this, tape loops prepared by the band were overdubbed "live" onto the rhythm track. Part
Tomorrow_Never_Knows
Audio recording using magnetic tape spooled on open reels
as the Fidelipac endless loop cartridge developed for radio station commercials and spot announcements in 1954, the RCA tape cartridge, developed in 1958
Reel-to-reel audio tape recording
Reel-to-reel_audio_tape_recording
1966 studio album by the Beatles
"Tomorrow Never Knows", incorporating heavy Indian drone and a collage of tape loops; "Eleanor Rigby", a song about loneliness featuring a string octet as
Revolver_(Beatles_album)
1996 studio album by Morcheeba
far the band's most trip hop oriented release, consisting of languid, looping grooves, using mostly Rhodes piano, electric guitar and scratching. At
Who_Can_You_Trust?
Magnetic tape sound recording format
to play the entire tape. After about 80 minutes of playing time, the tape would start again at the beginning. Because of the loop, no rewind is possible;
8-track_cartridge
Echo-like effect
were achieved using tape loops improvised on reel-to-reel audio tape recording systems. By shortening or lengthening the loop of tape and adjusting the
Delay_(audio_effect)
2002–2003 album series by William Basinski
avant-garde music at university and recorded his first tape experiments. He recorded The Disintegration Loops between August 2001 and September 11, 2001, when
The_Disintegration_Loops
Musical technique
released an early tape loop piece called “The Gift”, featuring the trumpet playing of Chet Baker. It was the first piece ever based on a tape delay/feedback
Live_looping
1975 song by 10cc
this issue by using tape loops. Stewart created loops of about 12 feet in length by feeding the loop at one end through the tape heads of the stereo recorder
I'm_Not_in_Love
Form of electroacoustic music
three-track tape recorder; a machine with ten playback heads to replay tape loops in echo (the morphophone); a keyboard-controlled machine to play tape loops at
Musique_concrète
Composition by Gavin Bryars
irregular]. I took the tape loop to Leicester, where I was working in the Fine Art Department, and copied the loop onto a continuous reel of tape, thinking about
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Jesus'_Blood_Never_Failed_Me_Yet
1973 single by Pink Floyd
elements of the song include its unusual 7 4 time signature, and the tape loop of money-related sound effects (such as a ringing cash register and a
Money_(Pink_Floyd_song)
Recording techniques used by Robert Fripp
Frippertronics is a tape looping technique used by the English guitarist Robert Fripp. It marked the first real-time tape looping device, evolving from
Frippertronics
Loop of punched tape used to synchronize fast vertical page motion in line printers
A carriage control tape was a loop of punched tape that was used to synchronize rapid vertical page movement in most IBM and many other line printers
Carriage_control_tape
1968 sound collage by the Beatles
coda with numerous overdubbed vocals, speech, sound effects, and short tape loops of speech and musical performances, some of which were reversed. These
Revolution_9
British musician (born 1948)
fact a long [recorded tape] loop running around a series of tubular aluminum chairs in Conny Plank's studio. The next lowest loop repeats every 25 7/8
Brian_Eno
American composer (born 1958)
vocabulary using tape loops and old reel-to-reel tape decks. He developed his meditative, melancholy style experimenting with short looped melodies played
William_Basinski
Topics referred to by the same term
Tape loop, loop of magnetic tape used to create repetitive, rhythmic musical patterns or dense layers of sound when played on a tape recorder Loopers
Looper
1968 song by the Beatles
girls from various parts of the USSR. The song opens and closes with a tape loop of an aircraft landing on a runway. Released three months after the Warsaw
Back_in_the_U.S.S.R.
Compositional technique
in tape works composed between 1965 and 1966. Tape loops of phase-identical segments of recorded sound were played synchronously using multiple tape recorders
Phase_music
American inventor
magnetic tape audio cartridges having a single tape reel. In 1950s he worked next desk to Bernard Cousino, who invented the endless tape loop, using it
George_Eash
1968 studio album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
love, we went upstairs and made tapes. I had this room full of different tapes where I would write and make strange loops and things like that for the Beatles'
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
Unfinished_Music_No._1:_Two_Virgins
Data storage device
Punched tape or perforated paper tape is a form of data storage that consists of a long strip of paper through which small holes are punched. It was developed
Punched_tape
American industrial band
synthesizers, drums, drumbox, tape loops, guitar, bass (2008–2013) Anthony Djuan – vocals, synthesizers, tape loops, programming (2008–2013) Pablo St
ATelecine
English musician and songwriter (born 1942)
Cage, McCartney made tape loops by recording voices, guitars and bongos on a Brenell tape recorder and splicing the various loops. He referred to the finished
Paul_McCartney
1968 studio album by the Beatles
supplied a tape loop of pigs grunting. "Rocky Raccoon" evolved from a jam session with McCartney, Lennon and Donovan in Rishikesh. The song was taped in a single
The_Beatles_(album)
1969 studio album by Terry Riley
apartment, witnessing his use of tape loops as accompaniment for his saxophone playing (achieved via the use of two Revox tape recorders running into one another)
A_Rainbow_in_Curved_Air
English electronic band
psychedelic rock influences and Edwards' soul-styled vocals. A second single, "Tape Loop", appeared in July 1996 and was a hit on BBC Radio 1 and TV. The band
Morcheeba
Recorded composition using a tape loop
tape phase is a recorded composition using a tape loop or its electronic simulation to produce and vary sounds.[citation needed] It is a form of tape
Tape_phase
2016 soundtrack album by Jóhann Jóhannsson
aliens' written language. He used a 16-track analogue tape recorder to record a long tape loop with layers of piano drones (sustained without the attack)
Arrival_(soundtrack)
Special effects created by playing recordings backwards
during the introduction and its reprise.[citation needed] Backmasking Tape loop Kittler, Friedrick. "The Gramophone". Adventures in CyberSound. Australian
Reverse_tape_effects
Hollow enclosure used to produce reverberated sounds
typical of this kind of electronic delay device. Tape echo units use an endless loop of magnetic tape, which is drawn across a series of recording and
Echo_chamber
1983 studio album by Swans
percussive items), and one guitarist all accompanied by a series of programmed tape loops. Though based in the then-dying genre of no wave, Kory Grow of Rolling
Filth_(Swans_album)
1964 musical composition by Terry Riley
Echoplex tape delay unit and wanted to replicate its sound. A technician from the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) set up a tape loop system
In_C
American post-punk band
Miller wrote a song, "Nu Disco", that he felt would be improved by a tape loop. Miller then contacted Martin Swope, with whom he had earlier written
Mission_of_Burma
1973 studio album by Pink Floyd
characterised the band's earlier work. The group employed multitrack recording, tape loops, and analogue synthesisers, including experimentation with the EMS VCS
The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
1971 single by John Kongos
of Records as being the first song to have used a sample, utilising a tape loop of African drumming. In 1987 three Australian bands (the Party Boys, Chantoozies
He's_Gonna_Step_on_You_Again
Box set compilation by Merzbow
Akita – guitar, tape, damaged tape recorder, bass guitar, Dr. Rhythm, ring modulator, percussion, rubber guitar, violin, tape loops, Synare 3, tabla
Merzbox
1967 instrumental by the Beatles
on 8 September 1967 with Mellotron, guitar, bass, maracas, drums and tape loop overdubs on 28 September under its original title of "Aerial Tour Instrumental"
Flying_(Beatles_instrumental)
American composer (born 1936)
musical patterns in a perceptible flow. His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns, as on the early compositions It's Gonna Rain
Steve_Reich
American experimental rock band
and tape loops and Thurston Moore, Dan Braun or Jonathan Tessler on the second bass guitar. Tessler also played metal percussion and tape loops in another
Swans_(band)
1979 studio album by Brian Eno
four compositions created by layering tape loops of differing lengths, and was designed to be continuously looped as a sound installation, with the intent
Ambient_1:_Music_for_Airports
Brand of echo machine
delays, the Echorec uses an analog magnetic drum recorder instead of a tape loop. After using Meazzi Echomatic machines, Hank Marvin of the Shadows began
Binson_Echorec
2022 film by Mark Jenkin
musical score for the film using an analog monophonic synthesizer and tape loop. Gwenno Saunders composed an original ancient-sounding Celtic May song
Enys_Men
American brand of pressure sensitive tapes
"Magic Tape" is a trademark of Kuraray for a hook-and-loop fastener system similar to Velcro. Instead, the katakana version of the word Mending Tape is used
Scotch_tape
1979 single by Electric Light Orchestra
boogie out for a night." The drum track is in fact a tape loop, coming from "On the Run" looped and slowed down and then sped up; Mack recalls that Bevan
Don't_Bring_Me_Down
1965 studio album by The Graham Bond Organization
that The Sound of '65 was the first album to feature the Mellotron, a tape loop-based keyboard instrument which later became popular in progressive rock
The_Sound_of_'65
1978 studio album by Sweet
"Silverbird" – 3:26 "Lettres D'Amour" – 3:30 "Anthem No. II" – 1:02 "Air on 'A' Tape Loop" (Priest, Scott, Tucker) – 5:59 "Love Is Like Oxygen" (single version)
Level_Headed
Canadian composer and physicist
Le Caine selected one of the water drops and spliced it onto a short tape loop. This allowed the water drop to repeat like a traditional ostinato figure
Hugh_Le_Caine
Canadian post-rock band
4chan's music board, /mu/. The band eventually uploaded the full audio of the tape to its official Bandcamp page on February 14. On February 24, 2024, the band
Godspeed_You!_Black_Emperor
1975 single by 10cc
to say "Art for art's sake, money for God's sake, okay". The wordless tape-loop vocals used by the band in their ground-breaking hit "I'm Not in Love"
Art_for_Art's_Sake_(song)
Magnetic tape storage format
The Exatron Stringy Floppy (or ESF) was a continuous-loop tape drive developed by Exatron in 1978 for home computer users. The format was one of many
Exatron_Stringy_Floppy
loop bin duplicator is a specialized audio tape machine used in the duplication of pre-recorded audio cassettes and 8-track cartridges. Digital loop bin
Loop_bin_duplicator
American composer and musician (born 1935)
continued manipulating tapes to musical effect, in the studio and in live performances throughout his career. An early tape loop piece titled Music for
Terry_Riley
1967 EP/soundtrack and LP by the Beatles
reversed sounds was carried out live during the final mixing session. A tape loop of decelerated guitar sounds was used on "The Fool on the Hill" to create
Magical_Mystery_Tour
Early British cryptanalysis computer
Robinson machine were as follows. A tape transport and reading mechanism that ran the looped key and message tapes at between 1000 and 2000 characters
Colossus_computer
English rock band (1960–1970)
eight tape decks distributed about the EMI building, each staffed by an engineer or band member, who randomly varied the movement of a tape loop while
The_Beatles
2024 studio album by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
electric guitar, tape loops Aidan Girt – drums Timothy Herzog – drums, glockenspiel Efrim Manuel Menuck – electric guitar, tape loops Michael Moya – electric
"No Title As of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead"
"No_Title_As_of_13_February_2024_28,340_Dead"
1965 composition by Steve Reich
his work with Terry Riley on the composition In C and Riley's use of tape looping and delay systems, Reich started experimenting with these techniques
It's_Gonna_Rain
Six-novel series by Koji Suzuki
Suzuki. The novels were initially a trilogy, consisting of Ring, Spiral, and Loop. A short story collection called Birthday was released shortly after, introducing
Ring_(novel_series)
Novelty key used at American zoos
implementation using the more modern magnetic tape system, with the audio program recorded on a tape loop. The concept was based on message repeater devices
Zoo_key
Audio delay effects unit
In 1973, Roland released the RE-100 and RE-200 tape delay units, which used a short 1/4" tape loop. In 1974, Roland released the first Space Echo units
Roland_Space_Echo
1967 single by the Kinks
seconds longer and features more psychedelic audio effects such as a tape loop during the fadeout, appears on the 1972 compilation The Kink Kronikles
Autumn_Almanac
1969 song by the Beatles
recording session occurred on 5 August, when McCartney made a number of tape loops at EMI Studios, including bells, birds, bubbles and chirping crickets
You_Never_Give_Me_Your_Money
system from the 1960s and 1970s. Up to six Fidelipac type C endless-loop magnetic tape cartridges can be loaded in the player, allowing up to 60 hours of
Rowe_Customusic
1973 single by Pink Floyd
Richard Wright used a VCS 3 synthesizer which was fed through a long tape loop to create the rising and falling keyboard solo. David Gilmour used two
Any_Colour_You_Like
the first use of a fade-in in a pop song ("Eight Days a Week"), use of tape loops ("Tomorrow Never Knows"), using the recording studio as an instrument
List of songs recorded by the Beatles
List_of_songs_recorded_by_the_Beatles
American rock band
album by hip-hop combo De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising, featured a tape loop repeating the first 11–12 seconds of the Turtles song "You Showed Me"
The_Turtles
English avant-pop band
famous piece may be "Telephone and Rubber Band", which is based around a tape loop of a UK telephone ring tone intersected with a reorder tone, accompanied
Penguin_Cafe_Orchestra
American bass singer
service. In recent years, Hooper received new interest because of a video tape-loop played before Howie Mandel's stand-up shows of his singing "Oh Happy Day"
Larry_Hooper
1996 studio album by Swans
"Volcano" is the only track produced by Jarboe, and was created from a tape loop recorded on an eight-track at a friend's home. Utilizing a standard techno
Soundtracks_for_the_Blind
1971 song by Black Sabbath
poll listed it as one of the band's best songs. The song begins with a tape loop of guitarist Tony Iommi coughing from a joint he was smoking with bandmate
Sweet_Leaf
American hardcore punk band
more experimental than Rites of Spring, heavily improvised and featuring tape loop effects. Picciotto and Canty eventually teamed up with bassist Joe Lally
Rites_of_Spring
1991 studio album by Pigface
(4, 7, 8, 11, 12), tape loops (12), sounds (11) En Esch - vocals (10) Nivek Ogre - vocals (1) Trent Reznor - vocals (5), tape loops (2) Matt Schultz -
Gub
1972 studio album by Yes
fantastic about it that death never frightened me ever since". The song's tape loop introduction, a combination of keyboard and nature sounds, including flowing
Close_to_the_Edge
1971 studio album by Yes
recording the initial "Your Move" section, which was resolved by making a tape loop of bass and drums, over which Howe overdubbed a Spanish laúd, miscrediting
The_Yes_Album
American musician
and tape loops. Swope would then re-introduce the manipulated tape effects into the public address system, essentially as fourth instrument. The tape effects
Martin_Swope
1991 compilation album by Swans
on LP, CD and cassette in 1991. It presents various live recordings, tape loops and previously unavailable material recorded between 1982 and 1985. The
Body_to_Body,_Job_to_Job
Musical artist
and composer who works with the manipulation of 8-Track tape loops in combination with voice, tape delays, and various organic and electronic sound sources
Aaron_Dilloway
1979 studio album by Robert Fripp
the time, who also coined the term "Frippertronics" to describe his tape looping system. After terminating the first run of King Crimson in 1974, studying
Exposure_(Robert_Fripp_album)
2025 film directed by Fernando Frías
guitar ("Give Yourself to Me") Marta Salogni – additional programming, tape loop (unreleased tracks) "Depeche Mode: M". Box Office Mojo. 28 October 2025
Depeche_Mode:_M
2023 studio album by James Ford
No. Title Length 1. "Tape Loop #7" 4:40 2. "Pillow Village" 5:20 3. "I Never Wanted Anything" 5:09 4. "Squeaky Wheel" 3:19 5. "The Yips" 4:42 6. "Golden
The_Hum_(James_Ford_album)
Song by Pink Floyd
the turning gears of a bicycle. The ending of the song fades out with a tape loop of the band laughing which was then sped up and reversed. The song was
Bike_(song)
American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1949)
an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, an Electro-Harmonix Foot Controller, a tape loop machine, and an Electro-Harmonix Stereo Polychorus. Belew is always adjusting
Adrian_Belew
Magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback
the tape loop were fixed by an adhesive tape with a conductive top to prevent overwriting the same recording. HiPac was a successor of the PlayTape cartridge
PlayTape
of the Beatles. After three experimental albums with Yoko Ono, using tape loops, interviews, musique concrète, and other avant-garde performance techniques
John_Lennon_discography
Peripheral for the ZX Spectrum
to also act as the controller for up to eight ZX Microdrive high-speed tape-loop cartridge drives. It also included a DE-9 RS-232 interface capable of
ZX_Interface_1
1968 song by the Kinks
thinks the song's psychedelia is driven by its Mellotron contribution – a tape-loop-based keyboard instrument that had been associated with the genre since
Phenomenal_Cat
1967 studio album by The Moody Blues
of one." The Mellotron is a keyboard instrument where each key plays a tape loop of a recording of another instrument, chorus, or orchestra. Developed
Days_of_Future_Passed
2017 compilation by Radiohead
"Lift". The special edition includes an art book, notes, and a cassette tape of demos and session recordings. Unlike previous Radiohead reissues, which
OK_Computer_OKNOTOK_1997_2017
Fraud device used on ATMs
simplest form, Lebanese loops consist of a strip or sleeve of metal or plastic (even something as simple as a strip of video cassette tape) that is inserted
Lebanese_loop
Storage medium: cartridge containing a computer tape
of tape cartridges goes back to loop recording, also known as endless tape recording, which in this case referred to the endless playback of tape read
Tape_cartridge
1986 single by the Bangles
who agreed to record it. Kahne constructed a multitrack consisting of a tape loop of him playing a "dog head shaker", overlaid himself playing a drum beat
Walk_Like_an_Egyptian
2025 studio album by Big Thief
Buishas would sample the musicians as they recorded, creating a "loop with ten feet of tape around a mic stand. Lenker praised the addition of other musicians
Double_Infinity
Loop delay that occurs when a video camera is pointed at its own playback video monitor
degree. SIYS also created various 1/2-inch reel-to-reel video feedback tape loop art from 1979 to 1983. During the 1980s and into the 1990s video technology
Video_feedback
Musical artist
(1978 as Industrial Complex, 1979 as Industry) Andrew Geyer - guitar, tape loops Mercury Caronia - vocals, drums Sean Robin Kelly - bass, backing vocals
Industry_(American_band)
American composer, performer, and artist
2013 Speculum Orum: Shackled To The Dead with Bryce Hackford (synths, tape loops), Matthew Robinson (cello) 2015 Negrogothic 2017 Funeral Doom Spiritual
M_Lamar
TAPE LOOP
TAPE LOOP
Girl/Female
African, Egyptian, German
Green
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly northern), North German, Dutch, and French
English (mainly northern), North German, Dutch, and French : nickname for someone with a severe or pompous manner or perhaps a pageant name for someone who had played the part of a pope or priest, from Middle English pope or Old French pape ‘pope’, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pape ‘priest’, Old French pape ‘pope’. Compare Papa.German : nickname from a baby word for ‘father’. Compare Baab.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a river
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name TÄta, possibly a short form of various compound names with the obscure first element tÄt, or else a nursery formation. This surname is common and widespread in Britain; the chief area of concentration is northeastern England, followed by northern Ireland.
Girl/Female
English Scandinavian Anglo Saxon Irish
Brings joy.
Boy/Male
Australian, Finnish, Japanese, Portuguese
Man; God of the Forests; Man of Rome
Boy/Male
Finnish, Hindu, Indian
A Name of River; Warm
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish, Teutonic
Day
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Name of a River in India
Male
English
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, TATE means "cheerful."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, Finnish, German, Indian, Irish, Norse, Scandinavian
To be Cheerful; Great; Measure of Land; Great Talker
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name Tæppa, of uncertain origin and meaning.German : from a short form of the Germanic name Theudobrand, composed of the elements theodo- ‘people’ + brand ‘sword’.North German : nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton, from Middle Low German tappe ‘oaf’.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : metonymic occupational name for the owner of a tavern or a nickname for a drinker, from Low German tappe ‘tap’.German : variant of Tapp.English : variant spelling of Tapp.
Female
French
Feminine form of French Gaëtan, GAËTANE means "from Caieta (Gaeta, Italy)."
Boy/Male
English Scandinavian American Irish Native American
Cheerful.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Tale
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Penance; To Burn; Shine; Suffer
Girl/Female
Australian, Japanese
Many Love
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Finnish, Irish, Scandinavian
Light Hearted; Cheerful; Pleasant and Bright; Brings Joy; Bright; Great; Measure of Land
TAPE LOOP
TAPE LOOP
Girl/Female
Tamil
Almika | அலà¯à®®à®¿à®•à®¾Â
The Sky
Female
Turkish
Turkish name ÖZLEM means "yearning."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Lord Vishnu
Surname or Lastname
English
English : according to Reaney, this is a variant of Truslow.
Girl/Female
Latin
Beautiful golden child.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Latin
Understanding; Derived from the Roman Clan Name Fabius; A Name Given Several Roman Emperors and 16 Saints
Boy/Male
Tamil
Gangadatt | கஂகாததà¯à®¤
Gift of the ganges
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Goddess
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : unexplained.
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v. i.
Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.
a.
To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a.
a.
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
v. t.
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
v. i.
To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.
v. t.
To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.
n.
A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
v. t.
To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).
v. t.
To commit rape upon; to ravish.
n.
A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope.
n.
A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
v. i.
To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take.
v. t.
To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.
v. i.
To gape.
superl.
Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
superl.
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
v. t.
To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies.
v. t.
To make or cause to taper.
v. t.
To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.