ratiocinating
ratiocinating is the present participle and gerund of ratiocinate.
Meaning of ratiocinate
Verb
ratiocinate (third-person singular simple present ratiocinates, present participle ratiocinating, simple past and past participle ratiocinated)
- 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
- "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."
Questions about ratiocinating
- What is ratiocinating the present participle and gerund of?
- Ratiocinating is the present participle and gerund of ratiocinate.
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