Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RA-TION-A'LE
RA-TION-A'LE, n.
- A detail with reasons; a series of reasons assigned; as, Dr. Sparrow's rationale of the Common Prayer.
- An account or solution of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, &c. – Encyc.
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