deduce : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deduce	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deduce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deduce v reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive] conclude by reasoning; in logic Synonym(s): deduce, infer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deduce \Deduce"\, 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.