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deduce

[dih-doos, -dyoos]
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verb (used with object), de·duced, de·duc·ing.
  1. to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed; infer: From the evidence the detective deduced that the gardener had done it.
  2. to trace the derivation of; trace the course of: to deduce one's lineage.
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Origin of deduce

1520–30; < Latin dēdūcere to lead down, derive, equivalent to dē- de- + dūcere to lead, bring
Related formsde·duc·i·ble, adjectivede·duc·i·bil·i·ty, de·duc·i·ble·ness, nounde·duc·i·bly, adverbnon·de·duc·i·ble, adjectivesub·de·duc·i·ble, adjectiveun·de·duced, adjectiveun·de·duc·i·ble, adjective
Can be confusedadduce deduce inducededuce deductdeducible deductible

Synonyms

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1. conclude, reason, gather, determine.
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Examples from the Web for deducible

Historical Examples

  • Evidence to the same effect is deducible from a Japanese custom.

    The Ceramic Art

    Jennie J. Young

  • One further evidence, and that not the least important, is deducible from geology.

  • This is deducible from a more general law, known as the conservation of energy.

    The Telephone

    A. E. Dolbear

  • But this with its historically not deducible power is the decisive thing.

  • Not only is it not deducible, but it is not even 165thinkable.

    Is Life Worth Living?

    William Hurrell Mallock

British Dictionary definitions for deducible

deduce

verb (tr)
  1. (may take a clause as object) to reach (a conclusion about something) by reasoning; conclude (that); infer
  2. archaic to trace the origin, course, or derivation of
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Derived Formsdeducible, adjectivededucibility or deducibleness, noun

Word Origin

C15: from Latin dēdūcere to lead away, derive, from de- + dūcere to lead
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Word Origin and History for deducible

deduce

v.

early 15c., from Latin deducere "lead down, derive" (in Medieval Latin, "infer logically"), from de- "down" (see de-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Originally literal; sense of "draw a conclusion from something already known" is first recorded 1520s, from Medieval Latin. Related: Deduced; deducing.

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