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illapsable | illapse | illaqueable | illaqueate | illaqueation | illation | illative | illatively | illaudable | illecebration | illecebrous

illation

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Noun
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il=la=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

illationn. [L. illatio, fr. illatus, used as p. p. of inferre to carry or bring in, but from a different root: cf. F. illation. See 1st In-, and Tolerate, and cf. Infer.].
     The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.  [1913 Webster]
    "Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a false conception of things."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

illation, n.
1 a deduction or conclusion.
2 a thing deduced.

Etymology
L illatio f. illatus past part. of inferre INFER

ROGET THESAURUS

illation

Judgment

N judgment, result, conclusion, upshot, deduction, inference, ergotism, illation, corollary, porism, moral, estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication, dijudication, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration, assessment, ponderation, valorization, award, estimate, review, criticism, critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata, plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, asessor, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur, commentator, inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback, judging, judicious, determinate, conclusive, on the whole, all things considered, a Daniel come to judgment, and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd, it is much easier to be critical than to be correc, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, nothing if not critical, O most lame and impotent conclusion.


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