2 entries under this word

Rationalize

Rā'tion-al-ize, v. t.

verbtransitive

(rāsh'un-), v. t. To convert to rationalism; to interpret like a rationalist.

Rā'tion-al-ize, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To rely wholly or unduly on reason; to accord with the principles of rationalism.

Nothing was less simple than the popular Mohammedanism. It rationalized, if it might be called rationalism, only in its conception of the Deity. Milman.