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.