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Synonyms
de·duce (dĭ-dōōś, -dyōōś)

[Middle English deducen, from Latin dēdūcere, to lead away or down, dē-, de-, + dūcere, to lead.]

transitive verb: -duced, -duc·ing, -duc·es. 

  1. To reach (a conclusion) by reasoning.
  2. To infer from a general principle; reason deductively: deduced from the laws of physics that the new airplane would fly.
  3. To trace the origin or derivation of.

derivatives

de·dući·ble
adjective