reducˈtorial, a. rare.
[f. as reduct v. + -orial.]
= reductive a.
1788 T. Taylor Proclus (1792) II. 409 Every reductorial cause..in the gods differs both from a cathartic or purifying cause, and from convertive genera. 1816 ― in Pamphleteer VIII. 478 Intellect is of a reductorial or convertive nature. |