Adjective
- 1. inferential, illative
- usage: relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind"
- 2. illative, inferential, deductive (vs. inductive)
- usage: resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
- 3. illative, deductive (vs. inductive)
- usage: expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word"
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