Thesaurus: illative

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1. a. word/relating">Relating to, word/dependent">dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
2. n. An illative particle, as for, because.
3. adj. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
4. adj. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
5. adj. expressing or preceding an inference
6. word/relating">Relating to, word/dependent">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. An illative particle, as for, because.
7. Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential;conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illativeword, as then, therefore, etc. Illative conversion (Logic), aconverse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that formmust be true because the original proposition is true.-- Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the mind by which itapprehends the conditions and determines upon the correctness ofinferences.
8. s. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference s. expressing or preceding an inference