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  • But a skeleton was a poor thing really, from which to try and deduce the total behavior of an organism.†  (source)
  • Wang tried to recall what little he knew of European history in the Middle Ages so that he could deduce the level of advancement of this civilization based on the name.†  (source)
  • Edgar said no. But Henry had long since deduced that Edgar didn't want to be seen.†  (source)
    deduced = concluded by reasoning
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  • I'd deduced that the black dragon painting on the wall of Anorak's study had been a subtle hint that Burakku Doragon would play a key role in the Hunt.†  (source)
    deduced = concluded by reasoning
  • The only thing I could deduce was that he didn't feel comfortable saying it out loud.†  (source)
    deduce = conclude by reasoning
  • A stupid notion, but a pleasing one, until I take the further logical step of deducing that in this case they must all be intended for me, because who else would Laura still know in this town?†  (source)
    deducing = concluding by reasoning
  • burlesques them by expecting all through the piece that the feelings of others will be logically deducible from their family relationships and from his "conventionally unconventional" social code.†  (source)
    deducible = able to be determined by reasoning
  • Marie-Laure deduces what she can from the sounds of their shoes: those are small, those weigh a ton, those hardly exist at all.†  (source)
    deduces = concludes by reasoning
  • COUNSELL, is where a man saith, "Doe" or "Doe not this," and deduceth his own reasons from the benefit that arriveth by it to him to whom he saith it.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She deduceth" in older English, today we say "She deduces."
  • From medical journals he deduced that he was suffering from a newly identified ailment known as post-polio syndrome.†  (source)
    deduced = concluded by reasoning
  • We must do a certain amount of guessing here, although I do not think it is difficult to deduce what happened.†  (source)
    deduce = conclude by reasoning
  • what if the fire had started in my room?) and deducing that so many mice in a two-foot section of baseboard only meant more mice (and more chewed wires) elsewhere, I wondered if despite Hobie's aversion to mousetraps I should set out some myself My suggestion that he get a cat—though welcomed enthusiastically by Hobie and cat-loving Mrs. DeFrees — was discussed with approval but not acted upon and soon sank from view.†  (source)
    deducing = concluding by reasoning
  • Political Consequences Of The Social Condition Of The Anglo-Americans The political consequences of such a social condition as this are easily deducible.†  (source)
    deducible = able to be determined by reasoning
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