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ratiocinated

ratiocinated is the simple past and past participle of ratiocinate.

Meaning of ratiocinate

Verb

ratiocinate (third-person singular simple present ratiocinates, present participle ratiocinating, simple past and past participle ratiocinated)

  1. (formal, intransitive, transitive) To use the powers of the mind logically and methodically; to reason.
    • "Observe the relative position," returned the Doctor with a smile. "It is your attitude to believe through thick and thin in one man's judgment—your own. I follow the same opinion, but critically and with open eyes. Which is the more irrational—I leave it to yourself."
      "Oh, my dear fellow!" cried...1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 6, in The Treasure of Franchard

Questions about ratiocinated

What is ratiocinated the simple past and past participle of?
Ratiocinated is the simple past and past participle of ratiocinate.

Words near ratiocinated in the dictionary

  1. ratio spread
  2. ratio variable
  3. ratio variables
  4. ratio'd
  5. ratiocinate
  6. ratiocinated
  7. ratiocinates
  8. ratiocinating
  9. ratiocinatio
  10. ratiocination
  11. ratiocinations

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