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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Illative \Il"la*tive\, noun An illative particle, as for, because.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Illative \Il"la*tive\, adjective [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
illative
adjective
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: expressing or preceding an inference; "'therefore' is an illative word"
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