What is the meaning of illative?

adjective

  • Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference.
    • usage: "the illative faculty of the mind"
  • Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference.
    • usage: "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
  • Expressing or preceding an inference.
    • usage: "`therefore' is an illative word"
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