RATIOCINATE Ra`ti*oc"i*nate, v. i. Etym: [L. ratiocinatus, p. p. of ratiocinari, fr. ratio reason. See Ratio.]
Defn: To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.
RATIOCINATION
Ra`ti*oc"i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. ratiocinatio: cf. F. ratiocination.]
Defn: The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.
RATIOCINATIVE
Ra`ti*oc"i*na*tive, a. Etym: [L. ratiocinativus.]
Defn: 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.
RATIOCINATORY
Ra`ti*oc"i*na*to*ry, a.
Defn: Ratiocinative. [R.]
RATION Ra"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. ratio ration. See Ratio.]
1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.