ratiocinate
verb
ra·ti·o·ci·nate ˌra-tē-ˈō-sə-ˌnāt 
ˌra-shē-,
-ˈä-
ratiocinated; ratiocinating
intransitive verb
: reason
ratiocinator
ˌra-tē-ˈō-sə-ˌnā-tər
noun ˌra-shē-
-ˈä-
Word History
Etymology
Latin ratiocinatus, past participle of ratiocinari to reckon, from ratio + -cinari (as in vaticinari to prophesy) — more at vaticinate
First Known Use
1643, in the meaning defined above
- describing
- descried
- descrier
- descriers
- descries
- descript
- descripta
- descriptio personae
- description
- descriptionist
- descriptionless
- descriptions
- descriptive
- descriptive anatomy
- descriptive bibliography
- descriptive botany
- descriptive cataloging
- descriptive geometry
- descriptively
- descriptiveness
- descriptivenesses
- descriptives
- descriptivism
- descriptivisms
- descriptivist