Definitions for illatives

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illatives il·la·tive

Spelling: [il-uh-tiv, ih-ley-tiv]

IPA: /ˈɪl ə tɪv, ɪˈleɪ tɪv/

Illatives is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 352 anagrams from letters in illatives (aeiillstv).

Definitions for illatives

noun

1. Grammar. the illative case.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: .
2. Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward which.

Origin of illatives

1585-95; Late Latin illātīvus, equivalent to illāt- (see illation) + -īvus -ive

Examples for illatives

The repetition of the injunction "be not careful" again with the illative "therefore" is quite in the spirit of E.