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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
processThe
ratiocinative
meditativeness of his character. Coleridge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ratiocinative
RATIOC'INATIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
ratiocinative
ratiocinative
English
Adjective
ratiocinative (comparative more ratiocinative, superlative most ratiocinative)
- Pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge.
- 1888, H.P. Blavatsky,The Secret Doctrine, Vol I, Theosophical University Press, page 1:
- Only those who realise how far Intuition soars above the tardy processes of ratiocinative thought can form the faintest conception […]
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 80:
- […] bloodthirsty interest in the ratiocinative faculty […]
- 1888, H.P. Blavatsky,The Secret Doctrine, Vol I, Theosophical University Press, page 1:
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Translations
Pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination
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