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8 Letter Words for Illative
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Definitions for Illative
[1] of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.”
[2] Grammar . noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward which.
[3] Grammar . the illative case.
[4] of or relating to illation; inferential
[5] grammar denoting a word or morpheme used to signal inference, for example so or therefore
[6] (in the grammar of Finnish and other languages) denoting a case of nouns expressing a relation of motion or direction, usually translated by the English prepositions into or towards Compare elative (def. 1)
[7] grammar the illative case an illative word or speech element
Words nearby Illative
ill-use, ill-wisher, ill., illampu, illation, illative, illaudable, illawarra, ille, ille-et-vilaine, illegal
Origin of Illative
1585–95; < Late Latin illātīvus, equivalent to illāt- (see illation) + -īvus -ive
Other words from Illative
il·la·tive·ly , adverb
non·il·la·tive , adjective
non·il·la·tive·ly , adverb
Word origin for Illative
C16: from Late Latin illātīvus inferring, concluding