illative sense

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illative sense - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Illative \Il"la*tive\, a. [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.]
     Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation;
     inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or
     proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
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     Illative conversion (Logic), a converse or reverse
        statement of a proposition which in that form must be true
        because the original proposition is true.
  
     Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the mind by which
        it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the
        correctness of inferences.
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