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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Deductive

De·duct′ive (dē·dŭk′tĭv), 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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article.