(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:56:41

De*duct"ive (?), a. [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]

Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.

All knowledge of causes is deductive. Glanvill.

Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell.

 

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