Illation

Quick meaning: Illation is a noun meaning The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.

Meaning

The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.

Example Sentences

Now herein there seems to be a very erroneous Illation: from the Indulgence of God unto Cain, concluding an immunity unto himself […]

Adriaan moved to Pierce’s American illation whereby an if begets a therefore, event by event, the javelin’s flight issuing from the web of contingencies in which we may locate the javelin and the javelineer […]

it so orders the intermediate Ideas, as to discover what Connection there is in each Link of the Chain, whereby the Extreams are held together; and thereby, as it were, to draw into View the Truth sought for, which is what we call Illation or Inference […]

Word Forms

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Synonyms for illation

Depending on context, synonyms include determination, ergotism, verdict, award, censure, choice.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inference, collection, concludency, deduction, inferring, consequence.

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