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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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 Stock, St. George William Joseph
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
Men become personal when logic fails; it is their mode of appealing to their own primary elements of thought, and their own illative sense, against the principles and the judgment of another.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry
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)
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)
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