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Illative
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
An illative particle, as for, because.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc. 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.