Both Uses
deduce
in
The Pit and the Pendulum
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- I brought to mind the inquisitorial proceedings, and attempted from that point to deduce my real condition.†
*deduce = conclude by reasoning
- In feeling my way I had found many angles, and thus deduced an idea of great irregularity; so potent is the effect of total darkness upon one arousing from lethargy or sleep!†
deduced = concluded by reasoning
Definitions:
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(1)
(deduce) conclude by reasoning -- especially reasoning from the general to the particular
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)