Definitions for illative
ˈɪl ə tɪv, ɪˈleɪ tɪvilla·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. inferential, illativeadjective

   relating to or having the nature of illation or inference

   "the illative faculty of the mind"

2. illative, inferentialadjective

   resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference

   "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"

3. illativeadjective

   expressing or preceding an inference

   "`therefore' is an illative word"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. illativenoun

   a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as therefore)

2. illativenoun

   an illation

3. illativenoun

   the illative case, or a word in that case

4. illativeadjective

   of, or relating to an illation

5. illativeadjective

   of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something

6. Etymology: From illativus, from illatus, perfect passive participle of infero, from in + fero.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Illativeadjective

   Relating to illation or conclusion.

   Etymology: illatus, Latin.

   In common discourse or writing such causal particles as for, because, manifest the act of reasoning as well as the illative particles then and therefore. Isaac Watts.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. illative

   In grammar, the illative case (; abbreviated ILL; from Latin: illatus "brought in") is a grammatical case used in the Finnish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Hungarian languages. It is one of the locative cases, and has the basic meaning of "into (the inside of)". An example from Hungarian is a házba ('into the house', with a ház meaning 'the house'). An example from Estonian is majasse and majja ('into the house'), formed from maja ('house'). An example from Finnish is taloon ('into the house'), formed from talo ('a house'), another from Lithuanian is laivan ('into the boat') formed from laivas ('boat'), and from Latvian laivā ('into the boat') formed from laiva ('boat').

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1. illative

   Illative is an adjective that pertains to or involves inference or the process of drawing conclusions based on evidence or reasoning. It can also refer to the case in some languages that expresses motion into a place or a consequent condition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Illativeadjective

   relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc

2. Illativenoun

   an illative particle, as for, because

3. Etymology: [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.]

Matched Categories

1. • Grammar

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Anagrams for illative »

1. veiltail

How to pronounce illative?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say illative in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of illative in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of illative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=illative
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Illative
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=illative
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illative
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illative
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=illative