Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc
expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word" resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning
resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning
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"
A case used to indicate movement into something; for example, into the house. Some languages that make use of the illative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Quechua
() 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”).