illative

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: il=la=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

illative, a. [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.].

 Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.  [1913 Webster]

Illative conversion (Logic), a converse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that form must be true because the original proposition is true. -- Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the mind by which it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the correctness of inferences.

illative, n. 

 An illative particle, as for, because.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

illative, adj.
1 a (of a word) stating or introducing an inference. b inferential.
2 Gram. (of a case) denoting motion into.

Derivative

illatively adv.

Etymology

L illativus (as ILLATION)