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Deduce v. t. (past & past part. deduced; pres. part. deducing)

To lead forth. (A Latinism) "He should hither deduce a colony."

To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. (Obs.)

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?" "Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known." "See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors."

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... which set forth various aspects of the aim that we have before us, and from each of these aspects deduce the one same lesson. The Apostle says 'giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue,' etc., 'for if ye do these things ye shall never fail.' He also exhorts: 'Give diligence to make your calling and election sure.' And finally he says: 'Be diligent, ...

— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren

... that kind of passionless barbarity which a blind love for science produces. Thus, if the doctor wished to convince himself of the comparative effect of some new and hazardous treatment, in order to be able to deduce consequences favorable to such or such system, he took a certain number of patients, treated some according to the new system, others by the ancient method. Under some circumstances, be abandoned others to the care of nature. After which he counted the survivors. These terrible ...

— Mysteries of Paris, V3 • Eugene Sue

... Townley, 'I deduce that poor Murdoch had seen that ring on the left hand of a villain who had threatened to shoot him, for some potent reason or another, that Murdoch had seen that vault open, and that he has been bound down by sacred oath not to ...

— Our Home in the Silver West - A Story of Struggle and Adventure • Gordon Stables

... in me was forever strained to solve her, to deduce from her conversation and conduct a body of consistent law. The effort was useless. Here was a realm, that of Nancy's soul, in which there was apparently no such thing as relevancy. In the twilight, after dinner, we often walked through the orchard to a grassy bank beside the little stream, ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... fact, the things that amuse men frequently fail to amuse women and vice versa but it is surely illogical to deduce from this that women's humorous sense is inferior to men's—or non-existent. As, however, this apparently insignificant question is of such importance in life generally, whether it be in a palace, a convent, ...

— Modern marriage and how to bear it • Maud Churton Braby

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