INDUCT'IVE, adjective Leading or drawing; with to. A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. 1. Tending to induce or cause. They may be inductive of credibility. [Unusual.] 2. Leading to inferences; proceeding by induction; employed in drawing conclusions from promises; as inductive reasoning.
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