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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deduce \De*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deduced}; p. pr & vb n. {Deducing}.] [L. deducere de- + ducere to lead, draw. See {Duke}, and cf {Deduct}.] 1. To lead forth. [A Latinism] He should hither deduce a colony. --Selden. 2. To take away to deduct; to subtract; as to deduce a part from the whole. [Obs.] --B. Jonson 3. To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of O goddess, say shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times? --Pope. Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known --Locke. See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deduce v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: {infer}, {deduct}, {derive}] 2: conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: {infer}]
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