Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-DUCT'IVE, a.

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