Rā`ti-ŏç'i-nā-tive, a.

(rāsh'/i-ōs'/i-nā-tiv), a. [Lat. ratiocinativus, It. raziocinativo, Sp. raciocinativo.] 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.