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
noun
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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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Dr. Newman asserts that certainty is a quality of propositions, and he has discovered in man 'an illative sense' whereby conclusions are converted into dogmas and a measured concurrence into an unlimited and absolute assurance.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine
Ko is used only with the personal pronoun, second singular o, and may express either present or future time: the illative may be added.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)
In the latter we have developed at great length the important thought that the illative character of propositional judgments implies an objective relation; and that in all truths the subject-idea must be objective.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
Hence, so far as mere relational form is concerned, the illative relation itself may be wholly reduced to the symmetrical relation of opposition.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
The common relations between sentences indicated by conjunctions are coördinative, subordinative, adversative, concessive, and illative.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
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