deduce
/dɪˈdus/ verb B2- To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.
- To examine, explain, or record (something) in an orderly manner.
Plural deduce · He/she/it deduces · Past deduced · Past participle deduced · -ing form deducing
Verb forms
- Base form
- deduce
- He/she/it
- deduces
- Past
- deduced
- Past participle
- deduced
- -ing form
- deducing
From the library
Mortimer, with more practical sense than I should have given him credit for, deduced from the cigar ash?”
“How in the world did you deduce that?” I asked.
“Deduce what?” said he, petulantly.
“Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.”
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