rationatev.

Brit.

/ˈraʃ(ə)neɪt/,

/ˈraʃn̩eɪt/, U.S.

/ˈræʃəˌneɪt/,

/ˈreɪʃəˌneɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rationat-, rationari.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rationat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of rationari to reason (from 13th cent. in British sources; compare earlier rationare to count, reckon (9th cent.)) < classical Latin ratiōn- , ratiō ratio n. Compare rationative adj.

Now rare.

intransitive. To reason; to ratiocinate. Occasionally transitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > reason, ratiocinate [verb (intransitive)]

argumentc1320

reason1551

discourse1599

ratiocinate1643

rationate1644

logicize1835

to think straighta1916

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxviii. 339 When they will haue beastes rationate and vnderstand.

a1683 I. Walton in J. Aubrey et al. Aubrey's Brief Lives (1962) 315 Dr. Pell sayes that Mr. Warner rationated demonstratively by Beates of the Pulses that there must be a Circulation of the Blood.

1797 Parnassian Garland 107 He rationates in vain; to wisdom blind.

1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 535 The doctor, therefore, rationated inconsequentially.

1965 Jrnl. Ohio Herpetol. Soc. 5 40 An attempt will be made later to rationate these peculiarities.

1984 Mind 93 325 There is no case for saying that, if I think I rationate or deliberate, what I think must be true.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rationate
释义	rationatev. Brit. /ˈraʃ(ə)neɪt/, /ˈraʃn̩eɪt/, U.S. /ˈræʃəˌneɪt/, /ˈreɪʃəˌneɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rationat-, rationari. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rationat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of rationari to reason (from 13th cent. in British sources; compare earlier rationare to count, reckon (9th cent.)) < classical Latin ratiōn- , ratiō ratio n. Compare rationative adj. Now rare. intransitive. To reason; to ratiocinate. Occasionally transitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > reason, ratiocinate [verb (intransitive)] argumentc1320 reason1551 discourse1599 ratiocinate1643 rationate1644 logicize1835 to think straighta1916 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxviii. 339 When they will haue beastes rationate and vnderstand. a1683 I. Walton in J. Aubrey et al. Aubrey's Brief Lives (1962) 315 Dr. Pell sayes that Mr. Warner rationated demonstratively by Beates of the Pulses that there must be a Circulation of the Blood. 1797 Parnassian Garland 107 He rationates in vain; to wisdom blind. 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 535 The doctor, therefore, rationated inconsequentially. 1965 Jrnl. Ohio Herpetol. Soc. 5 40 An attempt will be made later to rationate these peculiarities. 1984 Mind 93 325 There is no case for saying that, if I think I rationate or deliberate, what I think must be true. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1644
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