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Illative
- adjective - expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word"
- relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind"
- resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
Illesive
- - Not injurious; harmless.
Illusive
- adjective - based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"
Inactive
- adjective - (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
- (military) not involved in military operations
- (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
- (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
- lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
- lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
- not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
- not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"
- not exerting influence or change
- not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
Incisive
- adjective - having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
- suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"
Incitive
- adjective - arousing to action or rebellion
Inducive
- adjective - inducing or influencing; leading on; "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton
Indutive
- - Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.
Infusive
- - Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
Ingrieve
- - To render more grievous; to aggravate.