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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
illative is an adjective meaning "relating to or having the nature of illation or inference". It carries 3 recorded senses.
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”
grammar
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for illative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.