Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ratiocinative"
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) 1.7 (wn)
ratiocinative
adj : based on exact thinking; "one's ratiocinative powers"
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