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6 words match “ILLATIVE”

ILLATIVE a. 2 definitions
Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc. Illative conversion (Logic), a converse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that form must be true because the original proposition is true. -- Il…
ILLATIVELY adv.
By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner.
OSCILLATIVE a.
Tending to oscillate; vibratory. [R.] I. Taylor.
SIGILLATIVE a.
Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax. [R.]
TITILLATIVE a.
Tending or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling.
CONNOTATIVE a.
Implying something additional; illative.