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Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.

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  1. a. Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.
  2. n. A reductive agent.
  3. adj. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment
  4. Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing. -- n. A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale.
  5. Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.-- n.
  6. j:100 s. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment