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Meaning of RATIOCINATIVE

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 Definition: [adj]  based on exact thinking; "one's ratiocinative powers"
 
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 Synonyms: logical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ra`ti*oc"i*na*tive\, a. [L. ratiocinativus.]
Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting
in the comparison of proportions or facts, and the deduction
of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a
ratiocinative process.
      The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character.
                                               --Coleridge.
 

 

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