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ratiocinate

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ra⋅ti⋅oc⋅i⋅nate

  [rash-ee-os-uh-neyt, -oh-suh-, rat-ee-]
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–verb (used without object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to reason; carry on a process of reasoning.
Origin:
1635–45; < L ratiōcinātus ptp. of ratiōcinārī to reckon, calculate, conclude, v. deriv. of ratiō reason

Related forms:
ra⋅ti⋅oc⋅i⋅na⋅tor, noun
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ra·ti·oc·i·nate   (rāsh'ē-ŏs'ə-nāt')   
intr.v.   ra·ti·oc·i·nat·ed, ra·ti·oc·i·nat·ing, ra·ti·oc·i·nates
To reason methodically and logically.

[Latin ratiōcinārī, ratiōcināt-, from ratiō, calculation; see ratio.]
ra'ti·oc'i·na'tion n., ra'ti·oc'i·na'tor n.
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