1. (a.) Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.

2. (a.) Tending to induce or cause.

3. (a.) Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.

4. (a.) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine.

5. (a.) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity.

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