Illative Definition & Meaning
illative
- adjective
- relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind"
- resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
- expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word"
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- What does illative mean?
- relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word"
- What part of speech is illative?
- Illative is an adjective.
- How many definitions does illative have?
- Illative has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).