Established by reasoning (7)

I believe the answer is:

deduced

(Other definitions for deduced that I've seen before include "Worked out by reasoning" , "Arrived at by reasoning" , "Inferred" , "Gathered" , "Concluded" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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