'Illative' definitions:
Definition of 'illative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn: inferential, illative]
adjective
Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" [syn: illative, inferential]
adjective
Expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word"
Definition of 'Illative'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Illative'
From: GCIDE
- Illative \Il"la*tive\, n. An illative particle, as for, because. [1913 Webster]