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Webster 1913 Edition


Illation

Il-la′tion

,
Noun.
[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 1828 Edition


Illation

ILLA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. illatio; in and latio, a bearing; latus, from fero.] An inference from premises; a conclusion; deduction. [Little used.]