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ratiocinate

[ rash-ee-os-uh-neyt, -oh-suh-, rat-ee- ]

verb (used without object)

ratiocinated, ratiocinating.
  1. to reason; carry on a process of reasoning.


ratiocinate

/ ˌæɪˈɒɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. intr to think or argue logically and methodically; reason
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌپˈdzˌԲٴǰ, noun
  • ˌپˌdzˈԲپDz, noun
  • ˌپˈdzԲپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • t·dzi·Բtǰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ratiocinate1

First recorded in 1635–45; from Latin پōٳܲ, past participle of پōī “to reckon, calculate, conclude,” verbal derivative of پō “r𲹲Dz”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ratiocinate1

C17: from Latin پōī to calculate, from پō reason
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And then there was silence, deep and impressive, while everybody got his "ratiocinating apparatus," as the Parson called it, to work.

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Under this revelation of personality acting in utter disregard of the person—of any wish or will of the ratiocinating individual—she rested breathless.

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The German, however, is articulate and ratiocinating where we are more purely instinctive.

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But don’t ratiocinate with me—I cannot bear it.

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To see facts, not to argue or raisonniren, was what life meant for him; and I think he often positively loathed the ratiocinating type of mind.

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