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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Reduct(t)ive, adj. Also: -iwe. [Cf. F. réductif (1314 in Dauzat), 17th c. Eng. reductive (1633). Cf. also Reduce v. 10.] Only Sc.: That has to do with legal reduction; that ‘reduces’ or annuls.Appar. only in post-positional use. 1547 Reg. Morton II 297.
For the reductioun of the foirsaid decrete reductive gevin contrar him self 1581 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 562.
Jhone Robertsoun, thesaurer, producet the townis decreitt reductiue, obtenit aganis the sisters of the Seynis 1585 Acts III 386/2.
The decreit reducttiue at the instance of James Hamiltoun … aganis James Erle of Arrane … tuiching reductioun of certane … infeftmentis of the landis of Draffeine 1592–3 in Montg. Suppl. p. 316.
Aganis the summundis reductiwe, persewit be the said Mr. Williame Erskyne aganis him 1600 Crim. Trials II 115.
The said actioun of reductioune, quhairvpoun the said decreit reductiue procedit a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 148.
Except first the rights reducit be the decreit reductive be producit

b. That diminishes the strength of spirit. [Cf. 19th c. Eng. reduce to diminish in strength (1880).] — 1676 Glasgow Chart. II 195.
Quherof brandie is ane compound, it being wyne reductive