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Webster 1913 Edition

Ratiocinate

Raˊti-oc′i-nate

(răshˊĭ-ŏs′ĭ-nāt)

,

Verb.

I.

[L.

ratiocinatus

, p. p. of

ratiocinari

, fr.

ratio

reason. See

.]

To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ratiocinate

RA'TIOCINATE

,

Verb.

I.

[L. ratiocinor, from ratio, reason.] To reason; to argue. [Little used.]