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Webster 1913 Edition
Deduce
De-duce′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deduced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deducing
.] 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
From the dire nation in its early times?
deduce
my rhymesFrom 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deduce
DEDUCE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To draw from; to bring from.O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes
From the dire nation in its early times?
2.
To draw from, in reasoning; to gather a truth, opinion or proposition from premises; to infer something from what precedes.Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known.
3.
To deduct.4.
To transplant.