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Word Meanings - DEDUCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To lead forth. He should hither deduce a colony. Selden. 2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. B. Jonson. 3. To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result

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1. To lead forth. He should hither deduce a colony. Selden. 2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. B. Jonson. 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. O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times Pope. Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known. Locke. See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors. Sir W. Scott.

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    Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.
  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • COLLECTIVENESS
    A state of union; mass.
  • COLLECTEDLY
    Composedly; coolly.
  • OPINER
    One who opines. Jer. Taylor.
  • CHANCELLERY
    Chancellorship. Gower.
  • HAZARDIZE
    A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
  • MISJUDGE
    To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
  • DELINEATE
    Delineated; portrayed.
  • CONCLUDENCY
    Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. Sir M. Hale.
  • PONDEROUS
    1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. Shak. 2. Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and settled project." Shak. 3.
  • INFERNALLY
    In an infernal manner; diabolically. "Infernally false." Bp. Hacket.
  • CONSIDERINGLY
    With consideration or deliberation.
  • FINISHER
    1. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection. O prophet of glad tidings,
  • INFERIORLY
    In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.
  • FOLLOWING EDGE
    See ABOVE
  • TRACKLAYER
    Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. -- Track"lay`ing, n.
  • PONDERARY
    Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system. M'Culloch.
  • COLLECTIBLE
    Capable of being collected.
  • COGITATE
    To engage in continuous thought; to think. He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth. Bacon. (more info) prob. fr. co-
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    Equality of weight; equipoise.
  • SUPERREFLECTION
    The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon.
  • SAFE-CONDUCT
    That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
  • COUNTER WEIGHT
    A counterpoise.
  • MEGATHEROID
    One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
  • UNCLOSE
    1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
  • ENCLOSE
    To inclose. See Inclose.
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  • PARCLOSE
    A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.

 

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