ratiocinate
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ratiocinates, 3rd person singular present; ratiocinated, past tense; ratiocinated, past participle; ratiocinating, present participle;
/ˌratēˈōsəˌnāt/,/ˌraSHē-/,
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ratiocinates, 3rd person singular present; ratiocinated, past tense; ratiocinated, past participle; ratiocinating, present participle;
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Form judgments by a process of logic; reason
Web Definitions:
- reason methodologically and logically
- (ratiocination) conclusion: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- (Ratiocination) Reason is a mental faculty found in humans, that is able to generate conclusions from assumptions or premises. In other words, it is amongst other things the means by which rational beings propose specific reasons, or explanations of cause and effect. ...
- (Ratiocination) The mental process of reasoning or exact thinking with the implication of an extended process that passes through a number of steps before arriving at the logical conclusion.