rationativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈraʃ(ə)nətɪv/,

/ˈraʃn̩ətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈræʃ(ə)nədɪv/,

/ˈreɪʃ(ə)nədɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rationativus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rationativus that expresses a reason (late 4th cent.) < rationat- , past participial stem of rationari rationate v. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix. Compare rationate v.

That involves ratiocination; (also) †expressing a reason (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective]

reasoningc1454

dianoetical1570

discoursing1571

discoursory1581

ratiocinative1585

discoursive1588

discursive1595

discoursative1604

discursory1614

logistic1638

logistical1644

discussive1645

rationative1650

dianoetic1677

reasoned1684

ratiocinatory1728

raisonné1777

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [adjective] > giving a reason

rationalc1450

rendering1571

ratiocinative1585

rationative1650

1650 Truth's Confl. with Error ii. 54 The first particular in the 11. Verse [For] which is a Rationative Particle.

1656 H. Jeanes Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 5 An argumentative, or rationative description of the object of feare.

1712 J. Weaver Ess. towards Hist. Dancing i. 27 Tho' Dancing be far from an Irrational Art..yet it is not that which immediately deals with the Rationative Faculty.

1774 J. Patsall in tr. Quintilian Inst. Orator II. vii. i. 17 A rationative question [L. ratiocinativa quaestio] will thence arise.

1856 F. Saunders Salad for Social 274 The instinctive sensations of which animals are the subjects can not be properly classed in the same category with the ideas or the rationative process of the human mind.

1875 Perry (Iowa) Chief 28 Aug. 3/1 Men under the stirring influence of severe pain are capable of a degree of imaginative and rationative brilliancy which astonishes themselves.

1956 ‘A. Burgess’ Time for Tiger in G. Aggeler Anthony Burgess (1979) iii. 77 One dribbling patient was able to state the precise day of the week for any given date in history; no rationative process was involved: the coin went in and the answer came out.

2002 R. Krug Reading Families iii. 117 I argue that Lollard reading was certainly about learning, but that learning was spiritually formative and not strictly rationative.

Derivatives

ˈrationatively adv. rare

ΚΠ

1682 R. Saunders View of Soul 80 I had rather sorrow, than never joy, and the one can never be inherent without the other, either rationatively or sensitively.

1860 Michigan Jrnl. Educ. 7 365 The mind of the child—how is it divided, and in what order is it naturally developed? 1st. Perceptively; 2d. Reproductively; 3d. Rationatively.

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

单词	rationative
释义	rationativeadj. Brit. /ˈraʃ(ə)nətɪv/, /ˈraʃn̩ətɪv/, U.S. /ˈræʃ(ə)nədɪv/, /ˈreɪʃ(ə)nədɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rationativus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rationativus that expresses a reason (late 4th cent.) < rationat- , past participial stem of rationari rationate v. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix. Compare rationate v. That involves ratiocination; (also) †expressing a reason (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective] reasoningc1454 dianoetical1570 discoursing1571 discoursory1581 ratiocinative1585 discoursive1588 discursive1595 discoursative1604 discursory1614 logistic1638 logistical1644 discussive1645 rationative1650 dianoetic1677 reasoned1684 ratiocinatory1728 raisonné1777 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [adjective] > giving a reason rationalc1450 rendering1571 ratiocinative1585 rationative1650 1650 Truth's Confl. with Error ii. 54 The first particular in the 11. Verse [For] which is a Rationative Particle. 1656 H. Jeanes Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 5 An argumentative, or rationative description of the object of feare. 1712 J. Weaver Ess. towards Hist. Dancing i. 27 Tho' Dancing be far from an Irrational Art..yet it is not that which immediately deals with the Rationative Faculty. 1774 J. Patsall in tr. Quintilian Inst. Orator II. vii. i. 17 A rationative question [L. ratiocinativa quaestio] will thence arise. 1856 F. Saunders Salad for Social 274 The instinctive sensations of which animals are the subjects can not be properly classed in the same category with the ideas or the rationative process of the human mind. 1875 Perry (Iowa) Chief 28 Aug. 3/1 Men under the stirring influence of severe pain are capable of a degree of imaginative and rationative brilliancy which astonishes themselves. 1956 ‘A. Burgess’ Time for Tiger in G. Aggeler Anthony Burgess (1979) iii. 77 One dribbling patient was able to state the precise day of the week for any given date in history; no rationative process was involved: the coin went in and the answer came out. 2002 R. Krug Reading Families iii. 117 I argue that Lollard reading was certainly about learning, but that learning was spiritually formative and not strictly rationative. Derivatives ˈrationatively adv. rare ΚΠ 1682 R. Saunders View of Soul 80 I had rather sorrow, than never joy, and the one can never be inherent without the other, either rationatively or sensitively. 1860 Michigan Jrnl. Educ. 7 365 The mind of the child—how is it divided, and in what order is it naturally developed? 1st. Perceptively; 2d. Reproductively; 3d. Rationatively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1650
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