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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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