reductive

& s. [Fr. réduct if; Sp. reduc tivo; Ital. riduttivo, from Lat. reductus, pa. par. of reduco to reduce (q. v.).] A. As adj .: Having the power of reducing; tending to reduce. "Whether Duly, or Hyperduly, or indirect, or reductive, or reflected."- Brevint: Saul and Samuel, p. 353. B. As subst.: That which tends to reduce, or has the power of reducing. "There needed no other reductive of the numbers of men to an equability." -Hale : Orig . of Mankind , p. 215. rě-duc-tively, adv . [Eng. reductive; -ly.] By way of reduction; by consequence. "Religion does not consist in these things; but obedience may, and, reductively , that is religion." -Bp . Taylor: Sermons , vol. iii., ser. 6. tre-duit, s. (Fr.) A redoubt (q. v.).