illative
adjective
1. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
- the illative faculty of the mind
Similar word(s): inferential
2. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
- an illative conclusion
Similar word(s): deductive, inferential
3. expressing or preceding an inference
- `therefore' is an illative word
Similar word(s): deductive
Sentences with illative as an adjective:
- an illative consequence or proposition
- an illative word, such as "then" or "therefore"
noun
1. (grammar) a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as therefore)
2. an illation
3. (grammar) the illative case, or a word in that case