de domo reparando 
tin- expense <>f repairing property held in com- 
mon. 
deducation (ded-u-ka'slion), . A misleading; 
a turning in the wrong direction. 
Let any one think of the amount of ded unit inn attempt 
i il about (he liepeal of the I'orn Laws. 
Bynnwlo t'ifiin. ele. <K. K. T. s.), 1'ief., ji. viii. 
deduce (de-ilfis'). '. '. : pi-el, and pp. di-ilneed, 
ppr. deducing. [= F. ileduir = Sp. dedm-ir = 
Pg. drduzir '= It. deditrrr, < L. dediieere. |ei| 
away, lirinc; down, draw nway, derive, < '/'', 
down, away, -r- ilui't t't\ lend : sec ilm-t, tlitkt'. 
(T. iiililiK-i, iiiinlnri, ele., and see dedurt.] If. 
To lead forth or away; conduct. 
He should llitllel 1 ili'iln,;' a colony. , 
.sWi/. n. lllii-liationsof Drayton, xvil. 
2f. To trace the eotirse of; describe from first 
to hist. 
I will ileiliiff him from his cradle, till he wa< swallowed 
lip ill the gulf of fatality. .SiV //. H'uttml. 
'The greatest \ev\s we now have here is a notahle naval 
Ki",ht that as lately lietwixt theS].aniard and Hollander, 
in the Downs ; lint tc ike it inon- intelligible, I will .'. 
il:n-> the llusiness from the I'.cuinniim. 
llnm-tl, Letters, I. vi. 40. 
3. To draw ; derive; trace. 
M.\ 1 -I i- no! that I dntiice my hirth 
From loins eiithron'il. 
Cutciier, My Mother's Picture. 
O ito'hiess, say, sliall I deduce my rhymes 
Kroni the dire nation ill its early times? /'./". 
The 'l\ryism of Scott sprang from love of the past ; that 
of I'arlyle'is far more dangerously infectious, for it Is logi- 
cally ileduent from a deep disdain of human nature. 
l.niri'll. Study Windows, p. 141. 
4. To derive or conclude as a result of a known 
principle ; draw as a necessary conclusion ; in- 
fer from what is known or believed. See de- 
duelimi, and dednelire ri'fixiniiiia, under deduc- 
lii-i'. 
Reason Is nothing hut the faculty of deducing unknown 
truths from principles already knuwn. Locke.. 
No just Heroic poem ever was or can be made, from 
\\lienec one -real Moral may not he deduced. 
Addisvii, Spectator, No. 3(19. 
Certain propensities of human nature are assumed ; and 
from these premises the whole science of politics is syii- 
thetically i/c'/'" p ci/. Maatiiliin, .Mill on Government. 
5f. To bring before a court of justice for de- 
cision. Bacon. 6f. To deduct. 
A matter of four hundred 
To he dednci'd upon the payment. B. Junson. 
deducement (de-diis'ment), . [< deduce + 
-iiii-iit.] A deduced proposition; the conclu- 
sion of a logical deduction. 
What other ilrtiii,;'u,,-ntx or analogies are cited out of 
St. Paul, to prove a likeness between the ministers of the 
old and New Testament? Miltnn, Church-Government. 
deducibility (de-du-si-bil'i-ti), n. [< drdncfble : 
see -bility.] The quality of being deducible; 
ded in' il ile ness. Coleridge. 
deducible (de-du'si-bl), a. [< deduce + -iblc.] 
If. Capable of being brought down. 
As if ... <9od [were] tti-ilm-il'li- to human imbecility. 
xt,ii,> 7V/.i/, l.t.-i'ol. Lillmrne, an. 1U4. 
2. Capable of being derived by reasoning from 
known principles or facts; inferable by deduc- 
tion. 
All properties of a triangle . . . are drducible from the 
complex idea of three lines including a space. Locke. 
I will add no more to the length of this sermon than hy 
two or three short and independent rules tl.'il/n-i/>l<- from 
it. Sli-rin-, Tristram Shandy, Ii. 17. 
deducibleness (de-du'si-bl-nes), . The qual- 
ity of being deducible. 
deducive (de-du'siv), . [< deduce + -ive.] 
Performing an act of deduction. [Rare.] 
deduct (de-dukf), <'. t. [< L. dediirliix, pp. of 
di-ilni'i'i'i-. le;nl away, draw away, subtract, etc.: 
see ilii/iifr.] If. To lead forth or away; de- 
duce; conduct. 
The Pllilippialis, . . . a JK-oplc i/ri/i/c/i ./ ollte of the citic 
of I'liil s. J. 1,'ilall, 1'ref. to 1'hilippialis. 
2f. To trace out ; set forth. 
h'or .lixcrs-icat and im]iortiinate considerations, which 
were here too loiiv, to In at&uttd. 
Marii. V"v/i ,./' Settt, Letter to r.aliiiiKton (1688), 
|in 1 1 owel Is State Trials. 
3f. To bring down ; reduce. 
Clffli-. \Vh>. sir? alas, 'tis iiotliiii", ; 'tis hut so many 
months, so man\ \\ecks, so many 
fp'//.///in. ho not .l.ilnrt it t., days, t'will he the more 
tedious ; and to measure il hy hourylasses were intoler 
aide. Mi.lill, t.-,i. I/,/,,-./, r, mid /.W-/,.,/. Did Fjiw, iii. 1. 
4. To take away, separate, or remove in nuni- 
liei'ino;. prtfanating, or calculating: subtract, as 
a eoiiiilerhaliineiiie; item or particular: as, to 
ilnliii-t lo>se> from the total reeeijits; from the 
amount of prolits dt-durt the freight -charges. 
1495 
The late king had also agreed that two and a half IMT 
cent should lie ,/,./,/,-(.,; out of the pay "f the foreign 
troops. /,>. Iliirni't, Hist. Own Times, an. 1711. 
-8yn. 4. l>i-ilin-t,Snl>li-ni-l. The-e \\,,r,!s cannot p|o|"il> 
lie used interchangeably. Itrdiii't is to h ad aw ay. set aside., 
in a general or distributive sense; xnlilriiil. to draw oil, 
remove, ill a lilel.ll or collect i\ e ,-ell-e. In settling a Iller 
cantil. it.' ten,-, as charges, losses, etc,., are 
drdni'tni b> In i n LI added t oge I her and their total mtit i ni-ti 'il 
from the grand total of the transaction. From a parcel 
of goods of known value or number articles are Kubtrttctril 
or literally taken away as required ; the value or number 
of the remainder at any time may he ascertained bv ./.- 
> I !"',,, -i the value or ml nitter of those taken from the ri 
glnal package ; and this again isclfeeted ta futtnuHnff On 
In in is representing the smaller amount from those reprc- 
deductible '(d'e duk'ti-bl), a. [< deduct + -il,le.] 
1. Capable of being deducted or withdrawn. 
2f. Deducible. 
deductio (de -duk'shi-6), n. [L. : see deduction.] 
I lednel ion;' specifically, in nitwie, the regular 
succession of notes in the hexachords of the 
musical system introduced by Guido d'Arezzo, 
about A. D. 1024. Hence, ili'ili'i'tin /tri'ina. the notes of 
the tlrst hexaehord ; tti'ductio necunda, the notes of the 
second hexachord ; and soon lit deduct io Kejitinif.. De- 
ductio ad linpossibile < Latin translation of Greek ana- 
ni) ei? TOP advvarov, deduction to the ilnpo ihle). In 
r, the proof of tile falsity of a hypothesis hy showing 
that It leads to a conclusion known to lie false, 
deduction (de-duk'shon), . [< ME. deduccioun, 
< OF. deduction, F. deduction = Sp. dedncciou 
= Pg. deduci;<io = It. dedu:ionf, < L. ileiliictio(n-), 
deduction, < deduerrr, lead or take away, de- 
duce, deduct: see deduce and deduct.] If. A 
drawing or tracing out and setting forth. 
A coinpleate deduction of the progresse of navigation 
and com'erce, from its first principle, to y present age. 
Etvlyn, To my Lord Treasurer. 
2f. The act of deriving; derivation. 
To them [vowels], as Is well known to etymologists, little 
regard is to Iw shewn in the deductum of one language 
from another. Johnton, Eng. Diet., Pref. 
3. In logic, derivation as a result from a known 
principle ; necessary inference ; also, the result 
itself, as so concluded. As a term of logic, It is a 
translation of Aristotle's irms/iuy") (translated deductio hy 
Boethius), and properly signifies an illative descent from 
a general principle to the result of that principle in n spe- 
cial case; it is specially used hy Aristotle when there Is a 
doubt whether the case truly comes under the principle. 
By the older logicians it Is little used, and not with any 
exact signification. In modem times it has been chiefly 
employed hy those who hold that all reasoning is either 
a descent from generals to particulars (deduction) or an 
ascent from particulars to generals (induction). See de- 
ductive, reasoning, under deductive. 
Probation may he either a process of deduction that 
is, the leading of proof out of one higher or more general 
proposition or a process of induction that is, the lead 
ing of proof out of a plurality of lower or less general 
judgments. Sir H'. Uatnillim. 
Deduction . . . is the inverse process of inferring a par- 
ticular ease from a law of cases assumed to be of like nature. 
Q. U. Ijeiret, Probs. of Life and Mind, 1st ser., III. iv. $. 47. 
It Is astonishing how little of tile real life of the time 
we learn from the Troubadours except by way of inference 
and deduction. Lonvll, Study Windows, p. -236. 
4. The act of deducting or taking away; sub- 
traction; abatement: as, the deduction of the 
subtrahend from the minuend; prompt pay- 
ment will insure a large deduction. 5f. A pay- 
ment ; a statement of payments. 
The other Curate, of Luddyngton, payde by the War- 
den, as apperythc abolie In the lieduccouioim of the same 
College. Enylih'Gil(l(E. E. T. S.), p. i*J. 
Deduction for new, in -mercantile law, tile allowance, 
usually one third, made to one who is required to reim- 
burse or to advance the cost of repairing a damage to 
a vessel caused by the perils of navigation, the presump- 
tion lieing that the renewed part is better than the old. 
Deduction Of a claim, in law, the proof of a right hy 
showing that it results from principles of law or equity. 
Deduction Of a Concept, in Kantian iihilim.. the proof 
that the concept has a meaning - that is, refers to an ob- 
ject Transcendental deduction, in Kantian nieiii/iit.. 
the proof of the objective validity of any concept. =Syn. 3. 
Concltixion, Cnrollary, ete. See inj'e re nee. 4. Subtrac- 
tion, diminution, discount, tare. 
deductive (de-duk'tiv), a. [= F. dcductif = Sp. 
Pg. dednctii-ii, < LL. deductivus, < Ii. deduce re, 
deduce, deduct: see deduce and deduct.] 1. 
Consisting of deduction; of the nature of or 
based on inference from accepted principles. 
deed 
He labours to introduce as, eoiidary and il.'-ln, ',,. \the- 
i-m that although men concede there is a <iod, yet they 
.should deny his providence. 
,s,v T. BrowM \ uig. Krr., i. 10. 
Deductive method, III the logical system of .1 s. Mill, 
that mode of investigation hy which the law of an cite, t 
U ascertained from the consideration oi tin l:,v\-nf the 
dillelenl lendcneie.s of Which it is the joint I. Milt. Tills 
method i nudists of three kinds of opi ration the ttrst di- 
rect induction, the second ratiocination, the third \.nt 
cation. 
To the ileductiae in. tin*/, thus dial act ei i/ed in it- tin, , 
i mi-tit m nt parts of induction, rat i,,- M, .t e.r, and verifica- 
tion, the human mind i- Indebted for its most .0,1-1,1,1, 
triumphs in the investigation of nature. 
Mill, Logic, III. xi. 1C. 
Deductive reasoning is commonly opp,,-e,t to ni<i<n- 
tii-,', and is meant to include all necessary reasoning (even 
mathematical Induction), together with those pmbable 
reasonings which predict results as true in the long run, 
hut excluding those Inferences which are regarded a* be- 
ing open to correction in the long run. Thus, if, from 
counting the letters on a single paee, one conclude- the 
pro], oil ions of the different letters which will generally be 
needed ill a font of type, the reasoning i- imlin-tii;- . hut 
if, knowing what the proportion! generally are. one ion 
eludes what will be needed ill printing a particular book 
or page, the reasoning Is deductive. 
deductively (de-duk'tiv-li), adv. By deduction ; 
in consequence of a general principle. 
There is scarce a popular errour passant In our days, 
which is not either directly expressed or di-ilm-iirrly con- 
tai 1 in this work [Pliny's Natural History]. 
,xY,- T. llrini-i,:', Vulg. Err., I. 8. 
deduitt, " [ME., also dedute and shortened 
date, < OF. deduit, denduit = Pr. dcxduch, < ML. 
deductug, diversion, pleasure, lit. (in L.) a 
drawing away, < L. deducere, draw away : see 
deduct, deduction. For the meaning, cf. dinr- 
sion.'] Pleasure; sport; pastime. 
I pon his hond he bar for his deduyt 
An eglc tame, as eny ly lie whyt. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale (ed. Morris), 1. 1319. 
Than driue tliei fortli the day In i//uf & in mm the. 
William of ralerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4998. 
deduplication (de-du-pli-ka'shon), n. [= F. 
dedui>lication, < NL. 'deduplicatio(n-), < *de- 
duplicare (F. dedoubler), divide into two, < L. 
de- + dui/licare, duplicate, double: see dupli- 
cate.] In hot., same as eliorMn. 
dee 1 (de), v. i. [Sc., = E. rfifl.] To die. 
And for t'oiinie Annie Uiwrle 
I'd lay me donn and <!''. 
Scutch tony. 
\\ e oiiKht therefore to be fully aware of the modes and 
de-ice iii which (lie forms of tlnlnt'tiiv reasoning are af- 
fecicd by the tl y of probability, and many IHTSOIIS 
might he siirpt ised at the results \\ hieh must be admitted. 
t/rporur. 
Before il,;ln,-tir,- interpretation of the 'jciicral truths, 
there must be .some inductive c-t.ll'li-hlili lit of them. 
//. >>/!.. .-. I'rin. of Sociol. i "II. 
2. Deduced; derived as a conclusion from ac- 
cepted principles: relating to inference from a 
principle to the results of that principle in any 
special case. 
dee' 2 (de), . [Sc., = deyl.] A dairymaid. See 
deyl. 
deed (ded), n. [Early mod. E. also deede; < ME. 
deed, dede, < AS. died (= OS. dad = OFries. 
dede = D. daad = OHG. MHG. tat, G. tat, that 
= Icel. dadh = Sw. d&d = Dan. daad = Goth. 
ga-deda), deed, a thing done, with formative 
-d (orig. pp. suffix: see -d?, -td' 2 ), < don (/ 
'da), do: see rfo 1 .] 1. That which is done, 
acted, performed, or accomplished; a doing; 
an act: a word of extensive application, in- 
cluding whatever is done, good or bad, great 
or small. 
And alle the gode drili* a man doth hy Ills lyve is lii ill 
a-vaile hut yef lie haue gode elide. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), I. Wi. 
Tiler dide Arthur mervelllotise drdes of urines, that 
gretly lie was he-holden, Iwthe on that oon part and on 
the tother. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), I. 117. 
The altering of religion, the making of ecclesiastical 
laws, with other the tike actions heionging unto the 
power of dominion, are still termed the deeds of the king. 
Hooter, Kcclcs. Polity, viii. 1. 
And Joseph aald unto them, What ileetl Is this that ye 
have done '.' Oen. xliv. 15. 
Words are women, deed* are men. 
G. Herbert, Jacula Prudentiini. 
Arthur yet had done no deed of anus. 
Tcnnymn, Coming of Arthur. 
Tlie motives of the Inquisitors were, we may presume, 
good, hut their deeds were dialiolica!. 
Pop. Sri'. .I/..., XXII. 148. 
2. Power of action ; agency; performance. 
Both will and deed created free. Milton, P. L., v. 549. 
3. In la IF, a writing on parchment or paper, 
authenticated by the seal of the person whose 
mind it purports to declare ; more specifically, 
such a writing made for the purpose of convey- 
ing real estate. See indenture, and deed i>oll, 
below. 
Inquire the .lew's house out, give him thi- <'< d. 
And let him sign it. >'/.*.. M. of V., iv. i. 
Keeeive this scroll, 
A deed of gift, of body, and of soul. 
Mai-li'irr. Doctor Kanstus, ii. 1. 
Bond for a deed. Svckni.o. Commissioner of deeds. 
see c.,,,1,,0 1 ...,;. ./,,,-. Composition deed, sc.- mmpon- 
;... Deed of accession, deed of assumption 
a. Deed of bargain and sale, see 
bari/ain and sale, under bai-mita. Deed of saying*, the 
