illative

Meanings

Plural: illatives

Adjective

relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
- "the illative faculty of the mind"

Adjective Satellite

resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
- "an illative conclusion"
expressing or preceding an inference
- "`therefore' is an illative word"

Adj

Of, or relating to an illation.
Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.

Noun

A word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore).
An illation.
The illative case, or a word in that case.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin illātīvus (“illative”), from Latin illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō (“carry or bring into somewhere; bury; conclude”), from in + ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).

Synonyms

inferential

Scrabble Score: 11

illative is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
illative is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
illative is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

illative is a valid Words With Friends word