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illative
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As an adjective, illative means of, or relating to an illation. As a noun, it means a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore).
Meanings of illative
8 meaningsadjective
Of, or relating to an illation.
“an illative consequence or proposition”
“an illative conjunction, such as "for" or "therefore"”
grammarOf, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.
Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
“the illative faculty of the mind”
Similar: inferentialResembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
“an illative conclusion”
“inferential reasoning”
Similar: inferentialExpressing or preceding an inference
“‘therefore’ is an illative word”
noun
grammarA word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore).
An illation.
grammarThe illative case, or a word in that case.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).