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Inductive


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.