Ra′ti‐oc″i‐na‐tive (–ŏs″ĭ‐nā̍‐tĭv), a. [L. ratiocinativus.] 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.