D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Illative

· Il·la·tive · IPA /ɪˈleɪtɪv/
01 a. Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as…
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    Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
Phrases & compounds
Illative conversion — a converse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that form must be true because the original proposition is true.
Illative sense — the faculty of the mind by which it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the correctness of inferences.
02 n. An illative particle, as for, because.
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    An illative particle, as for, because.