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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.

Generalization :: Generalization (n.) A general inference.

Derivable :: Derivable (a.) That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources..

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..

Consequent :: Consequent (n.) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference..

Consequencing :: Consequencing (n.) Drawing inference.

Include :: Include (v. t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five..

Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.

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

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude..

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.

Illogical :: Illogical (a.) Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference..

Hence :: Hence (adv.) From this reason; as an inference or deduction.

Now :: Now (adv.) In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation..

Consequent :: Consequent (a.) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions..

Sequela :: Sequela (n.) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.

General :: General (a.) Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion..

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]..

Consequent :: Consequent (a.) Following as a result, inference, or natural effect..

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..

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