01 a. Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences fro…
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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.“The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character.” — Coleridge.