deduce

Meaning

Verb

• 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.
• To obtain (something) from some source; to derive.
• To be derived or obtained from some source.
• To take away (something); to deduct, to subtract (something).
• To lead (something) forth.

Origin

• + dūcere (the present active infinitive of dūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-).