Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By illation or inference.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner.
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- adverb By means of
illation .
Etymologies
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illative + -ly
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Examples
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This reason, “The seed abideth in him,” though brought in illatively, in respect of what was said before, “He doth not commit sin,” yet hath its causal influence chiefly into that which followeth, “He cannot sin.”
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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