Adjective: illative i-lu-tiv or i'ley-tiv
- (grammar) expressing or preceding an inference
"‘therefore’ is an illative word"
- Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
"the illative faculty of the mind";
- inferential
- Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
"an illative conclusion";
- inferential
See also: deductive
Encyclopedia: Illative