Hypertext Webster Gateway: "illative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Illative \Il"la*tive\, n.
An illative particle, as for, because.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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: (grammar) expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore'
is an illative word"
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