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Illation

//əˈleɪʃ(ə)n// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation wordnet

Etymology

From Latin illātiō (“logical inference, deduction, conclusion”), from illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō (“carry or bring into somewhere; conclude”), from in + ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).

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