Definition of Ilation
Il*la"tion (?), n. [L. illatio,
fr. illatus, used as p. p. of inferre to carry or bring
in, but from a different root: cf. F. illation. See 1st In-
, and Tolerate, and cf. Infer.] The act or
process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the
connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference;
deduction; conclusion.
Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations
from a false conception of things. Sir T.
Browne.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the act of inferring or concluding
*1974: 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 — Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
- an inference, a deduction or conclusion
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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