Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-DUCT'IVE
IN-DUCT'IVE, a.
- Leading or drawing; with to. A brutish vice, / Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. Milton.
- Tending to induce or cause. They may be inductive of credibility. [Unusual.] Hale.
- Leading to inferences; proceeding by induction; employed in drawing conclusions from premises; as, inductive reasoning.
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