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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.]

Definition 2024


ratiocinative

ratiocinative

English

Adjective

ratiocinative (comparative more ratiocinative, superlative most ratiocinative)

  1. 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 []

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Translations


French

Adjective

ratiocinative

  1. feminine singular of ratiocinatif

Latin

Adjective

ratiōcinātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of ratiōcinātīvus