v. t.
He should hither deduce a colony. Selden. [ 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 ]
n. Inference; deduction; thing deduced. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Deducibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
All properties of a triangle depend on, and are deducible from, the complex idea of three lines including a space. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
As if God [ were ] deducible to human imbecility. State Trials (1649). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being deducible; deducibility. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By deduction. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That deduces; inferential. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. taken away. Opposite of
a.
Not one found honestly deductible
From any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. deductio: cf. F. déduction. ]
The deduction of one language from another. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. J. R. Seely. [ 1913 Webster ]
Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. L. deductivus derivative. ] Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible. [ 1913 Webster ]
All knowledge of causes is deductive. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., a guide. See Deduce. ] (Zool.) The pilot whale or blackfish. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. not allowable as a tax deduction;