deducing

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deducing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]
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              He should hither deduce a colony.     --Selden.
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     2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part
        from the whole. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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     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.
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              O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes
              From the dire nation in its early times? --Pope.
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              Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing
              unknown truths from principles already known.
                                                    --Locke.
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              See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which
              deduces your descent from kings and conquerors.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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