| Pronunciation: | | ri'duktiv
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciabory" - R.H.Rovere |
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REDUCTIVE is a 9 letter word that starts with R. |
| | Synonyms: | | subtractive |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*duc"tive\ (-t?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]ductif.]
Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing. --
n. A reductive agent. --Sir M. Hale.
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