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Word: Adductive
Speech Type: Adjective
late 16th century; earliest use found in Andrew Willet (d. 1621), Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist. From post-classical Latin adductivus productive from classical Latin addūct-, past participial stem of addūcere + -īvus
Characterized by the bringing of something into or towards another; characterized by the bringing of the body of Christ into the bread during the Eucharist (by substitution rather than annihilation). historical in later use.
That carries out adduction; of, relating to, or of the nature of adduction.
Inductive; of the nature of, or characterized by the use of, adduction.
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