illative

英 [ɪ'leɪtɪv] 美['ɪlətɪv]
  • adj. 引出推论的
  • n. 推论词

英英释义


1. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference;
"the illative faculty of the mind"
2. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference;
"an illative conclusion"
"inferential reasoning"
3. expressing or preceding an inference;
"`therefore' is an illative word"

英文词源


illative (adj.)
"inferential," 1610s, from Late Latin illativus, from Latin illatus "brought in," used as past participle of inferre. As a noun from 1590s.