illative
illative is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- adjective. Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
- noun. An illative particle, as for, because.
- adjective. expressing or preceding an inference
"`therefore' is an illative word"
- adjective. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
"an illative conclusion"
"inferential reasoning"
- adjective. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
"the illative faculty of the mind"
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