ratiocinative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite based on exact thinking
    • one's ratiocinative powers

WordNet


Ra`ti*oc"i*na*tive adjective
Etymology
L. ratiocinativus.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913