\De*duce"\, 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]
         He should hither deduce a colony.     --Selden.
2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part
   from the whole. [Obs.] --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.