English to English
adjective
- relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
The illative faculty of the mind.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- An illative particle, as for, because.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
An illative conclusion.
Inferential reasoning.
source: WordNet 3.0
- expressing or preceding an inference
`therefore' is an illative word.
source: WordNet 3.0
