| deduce | (v) reason by deduction; establish by deduction, Syn. derive, infer, deduct |
| deduce | (v) conclude by reasoning; in logic, Syn. infer |
| deducible | (adj) capable of being deduced |
| deductible | (n) (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) |
| deductible | (n) a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount |
| deductible | (adj) acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction), Ant. nondeductible |
| deduction | (n) an amount or percentage deducted, Syn. discount |
| deduction | (n) something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied), Syn. implication, entailment, Example: his resignation had political implications |
| deduction | (n) reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect), Syn. deductive reasoning, synthesis |
| deductive | (adj) relating to logical deduction, Example: deductive reasoning |
| Deduce | v. t. He should hither deduce a colony. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ] O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes 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 ] |
| Deducement | n. Inference; deduction; thing deduced. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deducibility | n. Deducibleness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deducible | 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 ] |
| Deducibleness | n. The quality of being deducible; deducibility. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deducibly | adv. By deduction. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deducive | a. That deduces; inferential. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deduct | 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 ] |
| deducted | adj. taken away. Opposite of |
| Deductible | a. Not one found honestly deductible |