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 ]