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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He should hither deduce a colony. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 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. 1. Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

All properties of a triangle depend on, and are deducible from, the complex idea of three lines including a space. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being brought down. [ Obs. ] [ 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. [ imp. & p. p. Deducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deducting. ] [ L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See Deduce. ] 1. To lead forth or out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of. [ 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 ]

3. To reduce; to diminish. [ Obs. ] “Do not deduct it to days.” Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. taken away. Opposite of added.
Syn. -- subtracted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not one found honestly deductible
From any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deducible; consequential. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deductio: cf. F. déduction. ] 1. Act or process of deducing or inferring. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent in compensation for services; deductions from income in calculating income taxes.

Syn. -- See Induction. [ 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; as, political contributions are nondeductible. Opposite of deductible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]