Illative

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Illative \Il"la*tive\, n.
     An illative particle, as for, because.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an
          illative word"