RATIOCINATIVE

ratiocinative. Ratiocinative, a. argumentative, advancing regularly

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Ra′ti‐oc″i‐na‐tive (–ŏs″ĭ‐nā̍‐tĭv), a. [[L. ratiocinativus.]] Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process. The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character. Coleridge.