All 3 Uses of
deduce
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- Naturally many people have deduced what has happened: There has been such a dramatic change in Ministry policy in the last few days, and many are whispering that Voldemort must be behind it.†
Chpt 11 *
- From all of these things, Harry deduced that Ginny, and probably Neville and Luna along with her, had been doing their best to continue Dumbledore's Army.†
Chpt 16
- Luna was not there: The thing that was making such a racket was a wooden object covered in magically turning cogs and wheels, It looked like the bizarre offspring of a workbench and a set of shelves, but after a moment Harry deduced that it was an old-fashioned printing press, due to the fact that it was churning out Quibblers.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(deduce) conclude by reasoning -- especially reasoning from the general to the particular