| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| ratiocinate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ra·ti·oc·i·nate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r sh  - s  -n t |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ra·ti·oc·i·nat·ed, ra·ti·oc·i·nat·ing, ra·ti·oc·i·nates
To reason methodically and logically. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin rati cinr , raticint-, from rati, calculation. See ratio. | | OTHER FORMS: | rati·oci·nation —NOUN
rati·oci·nator —NOUN
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