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Word: Illative
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin illativus, from illat- ‘brought in’ (see illation)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈleɪtɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
of the nature of or stating an inference.
Short Definition:stating inference
Definition:
relating to or denoting a case of nouns in some languages used to express motion into something.
Short Definition:relating to noun case expressing motion into something
Word: Illative
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈleɪtɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the illative case, or a word in this case.
Short Definition:illative case
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