illative

Meanings

Adjective

• of, or relating to an illation
• of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something

Noun

• a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore)
• an illation
• the illative case, or a word in that case

Origin

• From Late Latin illātīvus, from Latin illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō, from in + ferō.