illative

illative has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
• n.. An illative particle, as for, because.
• a.. expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word"
• a.. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
• a.. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind"