English Dictionary: deducing | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. |