illative

English

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”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈleɪtɪv/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Adjective

illative (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to an illation.
    an illative consequence or proposition
    an illative conjunction, such as "for" or "therefore"
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  2. (grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.

Derived terms

Noun

illative (plural illatives)

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

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. Kinds of conjunctions – EnglishGrammar.org

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

illātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of illātīvus
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