- 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. An illative particle, as for, because. Source: opted
- 3. adj. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. expressing or preceding an inference Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 8. s. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference s. expressing or preceding an inference Source: ecdict
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