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Webster 1913 Edition

Ratiocinative

Raˊti-oc′i-na-tive

(răshˊĭ-ŏs′ĭ-nā̍-tĭv)
,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ratiocinative

RATIOC'INATIVE

,
Adj.
Argumentative; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; as a ratiocinative process. [A bad word and little used.]

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