illative
adjective
- expressing or introducing an inference: said of such words as therefore
- of, or having the nature of, an illation; inferential
noun
- an illative word or phrase
- an illation or inference
See illative in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭlˈə-tĭv, ĭ-lāˈ-)
adjective- Of, relating to, or of the nature of an illation.
- Expressing or preceding an inference. Used of a word.
- Grammar Of, relating to, or being a grammatical case indicating motion toward or into in some languages, as in Finnish Helsinkiin, “to Helsinki.”
noun- A word or phrase, such as hence or for that reason, that expresses an inference.
- See illation.
- Grammar
a. The illative case.
b. A word or form in the illative case.
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