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ratiocinative


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ratiocinative  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ratiocinative 
  adj  :  based  on  exact  thinking;  "one's  ratiocinative  powers" 




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