Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RA-TIO-CIN'A-TIVE
RA-TIO-CIN'A-TIVE, a.
Argumentative; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; as, a ratiocinative process. Hale. [A bad word, and little used.]
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