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That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.

The act of drawing out or bringing into view. Eduction pipe, and Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.

Tending to draw out; extractive.

One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts. Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether. E. Darwin.

A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.

To lead forth or out. [Obs.] A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. Udall.

Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn. Not one found honestly deductible From any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning.

Act or process of deducing or inferring. The deduction of one language from another. Johnson. This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. J. R. Seely.

Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible. All knowledge of causes is deductive. Glanvill. Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell.

By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T. Browne.

The pilot whale or blackfish.

To reduce. [Obs.] W. Warde.

The quality of being reducible; reducibleness.

f being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province.

A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale.

By reduction; by consequence.

That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.

ding to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer. This may enable us to understand how seductive is the influence of example. Sir W. Hamilton.

In a seductive manner.

A woman who seduces.