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illative, a. and n.|ɪˈleɪtɪv|
[ad. late L. illātīvus, f. illāt-, ppl. stem of inferre (see prec.): cf. F. illatif (1617 in Godefroy).]
A. adj.
1. Of words: Introducing or stating an inference; esp. in illative particle.
1611W. Sclater Key iii. 20. 328 First reason..collected from the illatiue particle therefore. 1647A. Farindon Serm. ii. 23 Which word is not causal, but illative. a1703Burkitt On N.T., Heb. ii. Pref., Our apostle draws an inference..as appears by the illative particle ‘therefore’ at the head of the first verse. 1864Bowen Logic vii. 220 Connected by an illative particle, because, then, therefore, &c.
2. Of the nature of, or arising from, an inference or illation; inferential.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iv. viii. 40 The promissorie part is illative upon and relative unto the matter of the assertorie part. a1716South Serm. (1744) VIII. 89 There is a great deal of difference between a mere illative necessity, which consists only in the logical consequence of one thing upon another, and between a causal necessity [etc.]. 1864Bowen Logic vi. 156 Logic takes notice only of what is called illative Conversion, in which the Convertend and the Converse must either both be true, or both be false, together. Thus the Conversion of No A is B, into No B is A, is illative..But the Conversion of Some A are not B, into Some B are not A, is not illative.
3. Of or pertaining to illation or inference; characterized by illation.
1870J. H. Newman Gram. Assent ix. §3. 354 The faculty or talent, which I call the Ratiocinative or Illative Sense, being parallel to phronesis in conduct, and to taste in the Fine Arts. 1876L. Campbell in Contemp. Rev. June 101 The English idiom is neither adversative nor illative in the same degree with the Greek.
4. Gram. Denoting the case expressing motion into.
1890A. S. Gatschet Klamath Indians 483 The suffix marks as well (1) a motion or direction toward an object or into a place or country, as (2) a stay or rest at or in a place, region, country. It is more frequently used in the former sense, and hence I have called the case the illative case. 1958A. S. C. Ross Etym. 167 Illative case, the case of ‘motion towards’, as in Finnish Helsinkiin ‘to Helsinki’. 1959[see elative a.]. 1968C. J. Fillmore in Bach & Harms Universals in Linguistic Theory 9 Redden..finds five case indices in Walapai..and identifies each of these with terms taken from the tradition of case studies:..-l is illative/inessive, [etc.].
B. n.
1. An illative particle.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict. E, A Coniunction..some are..Illatiues, as, assi, so. 1659O. Walker Instruct. Oratory 102 Such illatives omitted..cause much ambiguity. a1868C. Byington Gram. Choctaw Lang. (1870) viii. 54 Conjunctions are divided into the following classes:..Illatives; therefore, wherefore, on account of, yomohmi hokvt, yomahmi hokah. 1870F. A. March Compar. Gram. Anglo-Saxon Lang. §481 Causals and illatives are very often omitted.
†2. An illative clause. Obs.
1604Tooker Fabr. Church 39 My Illative therfore is, the Bishop..did call other Ministers into a part of the Charge. 1651Jer. Taylor Clerus Dom. 13 This discourse was occasioned by our Saviours illative: All power is given me, goe yee therefore and teach.
Hence iˈllatively adv., in the way of inference.
1655Bp. Richardson On O. Test. 434 Most commonly taken illatively. 1827Whately Logic ii. ii. §4 (1836) 78 Every proposition may be illatively converted. |