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Adjective: illative  i-lu-tiv or i'ley-tiv
  1. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
    "the illative faculty of the mind";
    - inferential
     
  2. Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
    "an illative conclusion";
    - inferential
     
  3. (grammar) expressing or preceding an inference
    "'therefore' is an illative word"

See also: deductive

Encyclopedia: Illative

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ill service
ill temper
ill turn
ill will
ill-advised
ill-advisedly
ill-affected
Illampu
ill-assorted
illation
illative
ill-being
ill-bred
ill-breeding
ill-chosen
ill-conceived
ill-considered
ill-defined
ill-disposed
ill-dressed
Illecebrum