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      illative
      adjective
      expressing or preceding an inference
      resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
      relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
      Roots
      inil- · Latin · intolatuslat- · Latin · carried, broughtivus-ive · Latin · tending to
      Words related to illative
      inferentialadjpostposedvpostpositionallyadvaptoteautologyadjpronominalizationnapodosisagentivitynprepositionaladjabessiveadjdeverbaldeverbativeadjgerundivalgenitivalelativeadjgrammarnprepositionallyadvinessiveadjorthotoneendocentricadjpartitivendenominalexocentricadjextraposegenitivallyadvnominativalpreverbvocativenadessiveadjdativen

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      Where does illative come from?

      The word illative breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: il-, from Latin in (“into”); lat, from Latin latus (“carried, brought”); and -ive, from Latin ivus (“tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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