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Deduce   /dɪdˈus/   Listen
verb
Deduce  v. t.  (past & past part. deduced; pres. part. deducing)  
1.
To lead forth. (A Latinism) "He should hither deduce a colony."
2.
To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. (Obs.)
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?" "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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"Deduce" Quotes from Famous Books



... deduce this from the words of Isaiah (vii. 3), where he represents Ahaz "at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field." Ahaz had gone there to inspect the works intended for the ...
— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 7 (of 12) • G. Maspero

... she asked smiling. "If there are obstacles, so much the more interesting. I don't fancy that romantic streak in your nature which permitted you to idealize Mortimer has quite dried up. Once romantic always romantic—I deduce from human nature as ...
— The Sisters-In-Law • Gertrude Atherton

... Holy, holy, holy, say the creatures nearest to God, and not Good, good, good. Holiness, such is the essence of God; and holiness is the absolute love of the good, the absolute horror of the evil. From this it is not difficult to deduce both love and righteousness. Love is the goodwill of God toward all free beings who are destined to realize the good. Love goes out to the individuals, as holiness itself to the good which they ought to produce. Righteousness, ...
— Holy in Christ - Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy • Andrew Murray

... we can't produce it, let us deduce it. Major premise: the seats are cheap. Minor premiss: the plays are good. Conclusion: A People's Theatre. How much will you give me for my syllogism? Not a slap in the eye, ...
— Touch and Go • D. H. Lawrence

... why all men are naturally so prone to adopt it?; secondly, I will point out its falsity; and, lastly, I will show how it has given rise to prejudices about good and bad, right and wrong, praise and blame, order and confusion, beauty and ugliness, and the like. However, this is not the place to deduce these misconceptions from the nature of the human mind: it will be sufficient here, if I assume as a starting point, what ought to be universally admitted, namely, that all men are born ignorant of the causes of things, that all have the desire to seek for what ...
— Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata - Part I: Concerning God • Benedict de Spinoza


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