illative — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of, or relating to an illation.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   an illative consequence or proposition

   an illative conjunction, such as "for" or "therefore"

2. Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Noun

1. A word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore).

2. An illation.

3. The illative case, or a word in that case.

Adjective

1. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference

   Synonyms

   inferential

   Examples

   the illative faculty of the mind

2. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference

   Synonyms

   inferential

   Examples

   an illative conclusion

   inferential reasoning

3. expressing or preceding an inference

   Examples

   ‘therefore’ is an illative word