Definition of inference

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Inference (n.) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

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Reason :: Reason (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
Deductively :: Deductively (adv.) By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence.
Subinfeudation :: Subibfer (v. t. & i.) To infer from an inference already made.
Inference :: Inference (n.) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
Whereas :: Whereas (conj.) When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent..
Inconsequence :: Inconsequence (n.) The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..
Reason :: Reason (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue..
Just :: "Just (a.) Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference..
Datum :: Datum (n.) Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
Explicitly :: Explicitly (adv.) In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention..
Impliedly :: Impliedly (adv.) By implication or inference.
Unstrained :: Unstrained (a.) Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference..
Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent..
Consequent :: Consequent (a.) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions..
Major :: Major (a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference]..
Consequence :: Consequence (n.) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed..
Contraposition :: Contraposition (n.) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S..
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