illative 
3. Denoting an inference : as, an illative word 
or particle, as then and therefore niatlve con- 
version, in logic, that conversion in which the truth of the 
converse follows from the truth of the proposition given : 
thus, the proposition " No virtuous man is a rebel " be- 
comes by illative conversion " No rebel is a virtuous man. " 
Illative sense, a name given by J. H. Newman to that 
faculty of the human mind whereby it forms a final judg- 
ment upon the validity of an inference. 
II. n. 1. That which denotes illation or in- 
ference. 2. An illative particle. 
This [word] "for," that leads the text in, is both a rela- 
tive and an illative; referring to what he had said in the 
foregoing words ; and inferring a necessary consequence 
of the one clause upon the other : " Purge out the old 
leaven ; for Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us." 
Bp. Hall, Remains, p. 18. 
illatively (il'a-tiv-li), adv. By illation or infer- 
ence. 
Most commonly taken illatively. 
Bp. Richardson, Observations on the Old Testament, 
[p. 434. 
illaudable (i-la'da-bl), a. [= It. illaudabile, '/- 
lodabile,<.'L.illaudabilis,inlaudabilis,'aot praise- 
worthy, < in- priv. -I- laudabilis, praiseworthy: 
gee laudable."] Not laudable ; not to be ap- 
proved or commended ; provoking censure ; 
blameworthy. 
All the commendable parts of speech were set foorth by 
the name of figures, and all the illaudable partes vnder 
the name of vices, or viciosities. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 130. 
His actions are diversly reported, by Huntingdon not 
thought illaudable. Milton, Hist. Eng., v. 
illaudably (i-la'da-bli), adv. In an illaudable 
manner; unworthily. 
It is natural for people to form not illaudably too fa- 
vourable a judgment of their own country. Broonu'. 
illawarra-palm (il-a-war'a-piim), n. A culti- 
vators' name for a palm, Ptychosperma Cun- 
ninghamii (Seafortliia elegann or Archontoplue- 
nix Cnnninghamii), a native of Queensland and 
New South Wales. 
ill-beseeming (il'be-se'ming), u. Unsuitable ; 
unbecoming; indecorous. 
How ill-beseeming is it in thy sex 
To triumph, like an Amazonian trull, 
Upon their woes whom fortune captivates ! 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. 
ill-boding (il'bo"ding), a. Foreboding evil; in- 
auspicious; unlucky. 
malignant and ill-boding stars ! 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iv. f.. 
My greatness threaten'd by ill-boding eyes. 
Drayton, Legend of Thomas Cromwell. 
ill-bred (il'bred'), a. 1. Badly brought up; 
impolite ; rude. 2. Badly bred, as a mongrel 
dog. 
ill-breeding (il'bre"ding), a. Breeding mis- 
chief or evil. 
She may strew 
Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds. 
Shak., Hamlet, iv. 5. 
ill-conditioned (il'kon-dish'ond), a. Being in 
bad condition, or having bad qualities; disor- 
dered or disorderly. In geometry, a triangle 
which has very unequal angles is said to be ill- 
conditioned. 
A populous place, but possessed with a very Hi-condi- 
tioned and idle sort of people. 
Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 228. 
Some ill-conditioned, growling fellow may say to me 
"What's the use of these legal and equitable abuses?" 
Dickens, Bleak House, xxxvii. 
Yon whey-faced brother, who delights to wear 
A weedy flux of ill-conditioned hair. 
0. W. Holmes, Moral Bully. 
ill-deedie (il'de'di), a. Mischievous; trouble- 
some. [Scotch.] 
An ill-deedie, . . . wee, rumblegairie urchin of mine. 
Buna, Works, IV. 235. 
ill-defined (il'de-find'), a. Not distinct; not 
well marked out : as, an ill-defined sensation ; 
specifically, in zool., without definite borders: 
said of marks, depressions, etc. 
ill-disposed (il'dis-pozd'), a. 1. Not friendly; 
inclined to oppose or refuse. 
Some, of an ill and melancholy nature, incline the com- 
pany to be sad and ill-disposed; others, of a jovial nature, 
incline them to be merry. Bacon. 
2\. Unwell; indisposed. 
Agam. Where is Achilles? 
Patr. Within his tent ; but ill-disposed, my lord. . . . 
Ulyss. We saw him at the opening of his tent : he is not 
sick. Shalt., T. and C., ii. 3. 
Illecebracese (i-les-e-bra'se-e), n. pi. [NL., < 
Illecebrum + -acece.~\ A small natural order of 
dicotyledonous apetalous plants, chiefly con- 
sisting of herbaceous weeds, found in the tem- 
perate parts of the world. They have small and regu- 
lar, often hermaphrodite, flowers, with the perianth herba- 
illegal (i-le'gal), a. 
= Pg. illegal = It. 
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CCOUB or coriaceous, and with 4 or 5 lobes or parts. The 
petals are wanting, or reduced to minute staminodia. 
There are 17 genera and about 90 species, Illecebrum be- 
ing the typical genus. The order is sometimes called Pa- 
ronychiacese. 
illecebrationt (i-les-e-bra'shqn), n. [< LL. il- 
lecebratus, inlecvbratus, pp. otillecebrare, inlece- 
brare, entice, < L. illecebra, inlecebra (> It. illece- 
bra = Sp. (obs. ) iUcebra = Pg. illecebras, pi. ), an 
enticement, < illicere, inlicere, entice: see lece- 
brong.J The act of alluring, or the state of be- 
ing allured ; enticement. 
Modesty. . . restrains the too great freedom that youth 
usurps, the great familiarity of pleasant illecebrations, the 
great continual frequentations of balls and feasts. 
Tom Brown, Works, IV. 292. 
illecebroust (i-les'e-brus), a. [= It. illecebroso, 
< L. illecebrosus, inlecebrosus, alluring, enticing, 
seductive, < illecebra, inlecebra, an allurement, 
charm, < illicere, inlicere, allure : see entice, il- 
lect.~] Enticing; alluring; full of allurement. 
He [Alexander] had rather se the harpe of Achilles, 
wherto he sange, not the illecebrout dilectatyons of Ve- 
nus, but the valyant actes and noble affaires of excellent 
princis. Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, i. 7. 
Illecebrum (i-les'e-brum), n. [NL., < L. ille- 
cebra, an allurement, charm: see illecebroust] 
A genus of herbaceous plants, of the natural 
order Illecebracea?, containing only one species, 
/. verticillatum, a native of the south of Europe 
and the north of Africa. It is a small prostrate 
branched annual, with small leaves growing in pail's, and 
axillary clusters of small white, shining flowers ; it occurs 
in the southwest of England. 
illeck (il'ek), n. [Origin obscure.] A fish, the 
gemmous dragonet, Callionymus lyra. Also call- 
ed fox and sculpin. See cut under Calliony- 
ttt us. 
illectt, v. t. [< L. illectus, inlectus, pp. of illi- 
cere, inlicere, allure, entice, < in, in, + lacere, 
entice. Of. allicient.'] To entice; allure. 
Theyre superfluous rychesse illected theym to vnclene 
lust and ydelnesse. S. Fish, Supplication for the Beggars. 
a. [= F. illegal = Sp. ilegal 
illegale, < ML. ilUgalis, < L. 
in- priv. + legalis, lawful : see legal.] Not le- 
gal; contrary to law; unlawful; illicit: as, an 
illegal act; illegal commerce, it usually implies 
substantial contravention of law, as distinguished from 
mere irregularity in procedure, and from error in judicial 
decision. 
In all times the Princes in England have done some- 
thing illegal to get money. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 75. 
Whatever else men call punishment or censure is not 
properly an evil, so it be not an illegal violence. 
Hilton, Church-Government, ii. 
If Hugh Capet laid hands on all the possessions of the 
Duke of Normandy, this might be unjust and immoral ; 
but it would not be illegal, in the sense in which the ordi- 
nances of Charles the Tenth were illegal. 
Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act. See 
corrupt. = Syn. Illegal, Felonious, etc. (See criminal.) 
Unlawful, Illegitimate, etc. (See lawful.) 
illegalise, r. t. See illegalize. 
illegality (il-e-gal'i.-ti), n. [= F. illegalite = 
Sp. ilegalidad = Pg. illegalidade; as illegal + 
-ity.] The condition or character of being il- 
legal; unlawfulness: as, the illegality of tres- 
pass, or of arrest without warrant. 
He wished them to consider what votes they had passed, 
of the illegality of all those commissions, and of the un- 
justiflableness of all the proceedings by virtue of them. 
Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 
Here it is not> how long the people are bound to toler- 
ate the illegality of our judgments, but whether we have 
a right to substitute our occasional opinion in the place of 
law. Burke, Speech on Middlesex Election. 
Its clear illegality was due to the principle . . . that 
the captor of a neutral vessel has no right to concern him- 
self as to the persons who may be therein. 
J. K. Soley, Blockade and Cruisers, p. 179. 
illegalize (i-le'gal-Iz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. illc- 
galized,j>\>T.illegalizing. [<. illegal + -ize.] To 
render illegal or unlawful. Also spelled ille- 
galise. 
illegally (i-le'gal-i), adv. In an illegal man- 
ner; unlawfully: as, to be arrested illegaUi/. 
Congress may pass, the President may assent to, a mea- 
sure which contradicts the terms of the constitution. If 
they so act, they act illegally, and the Supreme Court can 
declare such an act to be null and void. 
1?. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 192. 
illegalness (i-le'gal-nes), n. Illegality. 
illegibility (i-lej-i-bil'i-ti), M. [< illegible: see 
-bi/ity.J The state or quality of being illegible. 
illegible (i-lej'i-bl), a. [= Sp. ilegible, < L. iii- 
priv. + LL. legibilis, legible: see legible."} In- 
capable of being read ; obscure or defaced so as 
not to be decipherable ; loosely, hard to read. 
The secretary poured the ink-box all over the writings, 
and so defaced them that they were made altogether il- 
legible. Howell. 
ill-fated 
illegibleness (i-lej'i-bl-nes), . Illegibility, 
illegibly (i-lej'i-bli), adv. In an illegible man- 
ner : as, a letter written iJle;/ib1i/. 
illegitimacy (il-e-jit'i-ma-si), n. [< illegiti- 
ma(te) + -cy.j The state or character of being 
illegitimate; specifically, bastardy; spurious- 
ness: as, the illegitimacy of a child; the illegiti- 
mate/ of an argument. 
illegitimate (il-e-jit'i-mat), . [< in- s + legiti- 
mate, after F. iilegitime '= Sp. ilegitimo = Pg. 
illegitimo = It. illegittimo, < LL. *illegitimus, "in- 
legitimus (in adv. iilegitime'), not legitimate, < 
L. in- priv. + legitimate, legitimate: see legiti- 
mate.'] Not legitimate, (a) Not in conformity with 
law; not regular or authorized; contrary to custom or 
usage ; spurious : as, an illegitimate production ; an ille- 
pittniat* word. 
Nor did I fear any illegitimate impression thereof, con- 
ceiving that nobody would be at the charge of it. Brome. 
A government founded on conquest may become thor- 
oughly legitimate on the morrow of the conquest ; it may 
remain utterly illegitimate five hundred years after it. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 418. 
(M Not logically inferred or deduced; not warranted; 
illogical : as, an illegitimate inference. 
Beat. Then if your husband have stables enough, you'll 
look he shall lack no barns. 
ilarg. O illegitinuite construction ! I scorn that with 
my heels. Shak., Much Ado, iii. 4. 
(c) Unlawfully begotten ; born out of wedlock ; bastard : 
as, an illegitimate child. See legitimate. 
Being illegitimate, I was deprived of that endearing ten- 
derness . . . which a good man finds in the love ... of 
a parent Addison. 
(if) In lot., produced by irregular or abnormal fertiliza- 
tion. See phrase below. 
These illegitimate plants, as they may be called, are not 
fully fertile. Darwin, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 160. 
Illegitimate fertilization, in but., in dimorphic plants, 
the fertilization of a female plant by the pollen from a 
male plant of the same form, this union being compara- 
tively unfertile. Illegitimate function. See/nc(io. 
= Syn. Unlawful, Illicit (see lawful); improper, unau- 
thorized, unfair. 
illegitimate (il-e-jit'i-mat), . t. ; pret. and pp. 
illegitimated, ppr. illegitimating. [< illegitimate, 
a.] To render or prove illegitimate ; attaint as 
having been born out of wedlock; bastardize. 
The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, 
without illegitimating the issue. 
Bp. Burnet, Hist. Reformation, an. 1530. 
illegitimately (il-e-jit'i-mat-li), adv. In an 
illegitimate manner; unlawfully; without au- 
thority. 
The mid-styled form of Lythrum salicarla could be ille- 
gitimately fertilised with the greatest ease by pollen from 
the longer stamens of the short-styled form. 
Darmn, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 166. 
illegitimation (il-e-jit-i-ma'shon), n. [= OF. 
illegitimation; as illegitimate + -ion.] The act 
of illegitimating, or the state of being illegiti- 
mate, (a) Bastardy ; declaration of illegitimacy. 
Without any appellation that would infer illegitima- 
tion. Nisbet, Heraldry (1816)> I. 291. 
(&t) Want of genuineness ; spuriousness. 
Many such-like pieces . . . bear . . . the apparent 
brands of illegitimatwn. E. Martin, Letters (1662), p. 57. 
illegitimatize (il-e-jit'i-ma-tiz), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. illegitimatizedj -pnr. ittegitirnatizing. [< ille- 
gitimate + -fee.] To render illegitimate ; ille- 
gitimate. 
illeviable (i-lev'i-a-bl), . [< in-3 + leviable.] 
Incapable of being levied or collected. 
He rectified the method of collecting his revenue, and 
removed obsolete and illeviable parts of charge. 
Sir M. Hale. 
ill-fa'ard,ill-faurd(il'fard), a. [_<ill+fa>ard, 
contr. of favored.] 1. Ill-favored; ill-looking; 
ugly; repulsive. 
I'uir auld Scotland suffers eneugh by thae blackguard 
loons o' excisemen, . . . the ill-fa'ard thieves. 
Scott, Rob Roy, xviii. 
2. Mean; discreditable; disgraceful. 
Sae proud 's I am, that ye hae heard 
O' my attempts to be a bard, 
And think my muse nae that ill-fawrd. 
Skinner, Misc. Poetry, p. 109. 
[Scotch in both uses.] 
illfare (il'far), . [< ill + /<m;l, after welfare.] 
Failure; adversity; infelicity. [Rare.] 
I must own to the weakness of believing that material 
welfare is highly desirable in itself, and I have yet to meet 
vvith the man who prefers material illfare. 
llu.dfij, Proc. Royal Soc., XXXIX. 292. 
Determining ihe welfare or ill-fare of men. 
The Century, XXXIII. 922. 
ill-faringlyt (il'far*ing-li), adv. Unbecoming- 
ly ; ungracefully ; awkwardly. 
Another of our vulgar makers spake as illfaringly in 
this verse. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, iii. 23. 
ill-fated (il'fa'ted), a. 
tune. 
1. Bringing bad for- 
