What is tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing. -- n. A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale called?
reductive — Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing. -- n. A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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