Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
illuminating
illumination
illumine
illuminism
illus.
illusion
illusionism
illusionist
illusive
illusory
illustrate
illustration
illustrative
illustrious
illuvia
illuviation
illuvium
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

illusive
il·lu·sive [ i lssiv ]


adjective 
Definition:
 

Same as  illusory
[Early 17th century. < medieval Latin illusivus "deceptive" < Latin illus- (see illusion)]

il·lu·sive·ly adverb
il·lu·sive·ness noun

Spelling Note

See elusive.
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft