ratiocinative

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ratiocinative
    adj 1: based on exact thinking; "one's ratiocinative powers"

from 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.
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         The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character.
                                                  --Coleridge.
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