Illative
Pronunciation : Il"la*tive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.]
Definition : Defn: Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc. 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Il"la*tive
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An illative particle, as for, because.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913