'Deduce' definitions:
Definition of 'deduce'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Deduce'
From: GCIDE
- 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] [1913 Webster]
- He should hither deduce a colony. --Selden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times? --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deduce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analyze,
- apply reason,
- arouse,
- assume,
- be afraid,
- believe,
- bring forth,
- bring out,
- bring to light,
- call forth,
- call out,
- call up,
- cogitate,
- collect,
- conceive,
- conclude,
- consider,
- daresay,
- deduct,
- deem,
- derive,
- divine,
- drag out,
- draw,
- draw a conclusion,
- draw an inference,
- draw forth,
- draw out,
- dream,
- educe,
- elicit,
- evoke,
- expect,
- extract,
- fancy,
- feel,
- fetch,
- find,
- gather,
- generalize,
- get from,
- get out of,
- glean,
- grant,
- hypothesize,
- imagine,
- induce,
- infer,
- intellectualize,
- judge,
- let,
- let be,
- logicalize,
- logicize,
- make,
- make out,
- obtain,
- opine,
- philosophize,
- prefigure,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- procure,
- provide a rationale,
- provisionally accept,
- rationalize,
- read into,
- reason,
- reason that,
- reckon,
- regard,
- repute,
- rouse,
- say,
- secure,
- stimulate,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- suppose,
- surmise,
- suspect,
- syllogize,
- synthesize,
- take,
- take as proved,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take it,
- take to be,
- take to mean,
- theorize,
- think,
- understand,
- use reason,
- wangle,
- wangle out of,
- winkle out,
- work out,
- worm out,
- worm out of