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ILLATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expressing or preceding an inference
Example:
'therefore' is an illative word
Classified under:
Similar:
deductive (involving inferences from general principles)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
Example:
inferential reasoning
Synonyms:
illative; inferential
Classified under:
Similar:
deductive (involving inferences from general principles)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
Example:
the illative faculty of the mind
Synonyms:
illative; inferential
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)
