ILLATIVES

Noun

illatives

plural of illative

Anagrams

• veiltails

Source: Wiktionary


ILLATIVE

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



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