Hypertext Webster Gateway: "illation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Illation \Il*la"tion\, n. [L. illatio, fr. illatus, used as p.
p. of inferre to carry or bring in, but from a different
root: cf. F. illation. See 1st {In-}, and {Tolerate}, and cf.
{Infer}.]
The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons;
perception of the connection between ideas; that which is
inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.
Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a
false conception of things. --Sir T.
Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
illation
n : the reasoning involved in making a logical judgment on the
basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
rather than on the basis of direct observation [syn: {inference}]
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