Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
based on exact thinking;
- Example: "one's ratiocinative powers"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ratiocinative \Ra`ti*oc"i*na*tive\
(r[a^]sh`[i^]*[o^]s"[i^]*n[asl]*t[i^]v), a. [L.
ratiocinativus.]
Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting
in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction
of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a
ratiocinative process.
[1913 Webster]
The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character.
--Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ratiocinative
adj 1: based on exact thinking; "one's ratiocinative powers"