illative

Adjective
  1. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference (synset 302759724)
    "the illative faculty of the mind"
    same as: inferential
  2. Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference (synset 301300082)
    "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
    similar to: deductive - involving inferences from general principles
    same as: inferential
  3. Expressing or preceding an inference (synset 301299937)
    "`therefore' is an illative word"
    referred to in: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
    similar to: deductive - involving inferences from general principles

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