'Deducing' definitions:

Definition of 'Deducing'

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  • 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]

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