'Ratiocinate' definitions:
Definition of 'ratiocinate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Reason methodologically and logically
Definition of 'Ratiocinate'
From: GCIDE
- Ratiocinate \Ra`ti*oc"i*nate\ (r[a^]sh`[i^]*[o^]s"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [L. ratiocinatus, p. p. of ratiocinari, fr. ratio reason. See Ratio.] To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument. [1913 Webster]