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deducible, a.|diːˈdjuːsɪb(ə)l| Also 7 (erron.) diducible, 7–8 deduceable. [f. L. dēdūcĕre to deduce + -ble.] 1. That may be deduced or inferred.
1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely i. iii. 126 Nothing is deducible out of his doctrine, which fauours the Popedome. 1678R. Barclay Apol. Quakers xii. §x. 451 There [is] not any difference or ground for it visible in the Text, or deduceable from it. 1752J. Gill Trinity i. 14 These are consequences justly deducible from our principles. 1867J. Martineau Ess. II. 62 Precept is not deducible from precept. b. as n. That which is deducible; an inference that may be drawn.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 511 Yet since it is from Truth, and her Secretaries (the Casuists), heare their deducibles. 1861J. Martineau Ess. etc. (1891) II. 435 As if they were deducibles from the primary spiritual truth. 1881Casey Sequel to Euclid 16 A large number of deducibles may be given in connexion with..Prop. xlvii. †2. That may be or is to be deducted. Obs. rare.
1613F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel 94 Before I come to define the charge diducible. Hence deduciˈbility, deˈducibleness, the quality of being deducible.
a1846Coleridge in Worcester, Deducibility. 1881Westcott & Hort Grk. N.T. Introd. §67 The easy deducibility, direct or indirect, of all their readings from a single text. 1727Bailey vol. II, Deducibleness, capableness of being deduced. |