illative
(adjective) expressing or preceding an inference; ââthereforeâ is an illative wordâ
illative, inferential
(adjective) resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; âan illative conclusionâ; âinferential reasoningâ
inferential, illative
(adjective) relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; âthe illative faculty of the mindâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
illative (not comparable)
of, or relating to an illation
(grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something
illative (plural illatives)
(grammar) a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore)
an illation
(grammar) the illative case, or a word in that case
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Source: Wiktionary
Il"la*tive, a. Etym: [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.]
Definition: Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc. Illative conversion (Logic), a converse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that form must be true because the original proposition is true.
– Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the mind by which it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the correctness of inferences.
Il"la*tive, n.
Definition: An illative particle, as for, because.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 July 2024
(verb) cause someone or something to move by driving; âShe drove me to school every dayâ; âWe drove the car to the garageâ
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