ratiocinative

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ratiocinative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ratiocinative \Ra`ti*oc"i*na*tive\
     (r[a^]sh`[i^]*[o^]s"[i^]*n[asl]*t[i^]v), a. [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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character.
                                                    --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster]

ratiocinative - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ratiocinative
      adj 1: based on exact thinking; "one's ratiocinative powers"