illative

  1. Adjective.  of, or relating to an illation.
  2. Adjective.  (grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.
  3. Noun.  (grammar) a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as ''therefore'').
  4. Noun.  an illation.
  5. Noun.  (grammar) the illative case, or a word in that case.

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