illative
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential.
an illative word such as “therefore.”
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Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward which.
noun
adjective
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of or relating to illation; inferential
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grammar denoting a word or morpheme used to signal inference, for example so or therefore
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(in the grammar of Finnish and other languages) denoting a case of nouns expressing a relation of motion or direction, usually translated by the English prepositions into or towards Compare elative
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Etymology
Origin of illative
1585–95; < Late Latin illātīvus, equivalent to illāt- ( see illation) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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It is the so-called illative relation, the relation which obtains between two classes when one is subsumed under the other, or between two statements, or two decisions, when one implies or entails the other.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
I admit, indeed, that the illative faculty works under rules upon which choice and inclination ought to exercise no influence whatever.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
Conversion, 479. of complex propositions, 709. by contraposition, 516. illative, 481. by negation, 504. per accidens, 487. simple, 486. rules of, 482.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
The common relations between sentences indicated by conjunctions are coördinative, subordinative, adversative, concessive, and illative.
From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
The illative fe also marks repetition or restoration or continuance; it is followed by the adverb lau again: na abana e fe boeboela lau his hand was restored whole.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens
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