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illative |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Illative \Il"la*tive\, a. [L. illativus: cf F. illatif.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Illative \Il"la*tive\, n. An illative particle, as for because From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: illative adj 1: relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn: {inferential}] 2: resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" [syn: {inferential}] 3: (grammar) expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word"
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