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RA'TIOCINATE, v.i. [L. ratiocinor, from ratio, reason.] To reason; to argue. [Li...
RATIOCINA'TION, n. [L. ratiocinatio.] The act or process of reasoning, or of ded...
RATIOC'INATIVE, a. Argumentative; consisting in the comparison of propositions o...
RA'TION, n. [L. ratio, proportion.] A portion or fixed allowance of provisions, ...
RA'TIONAL, a. [L. rationalis.] 1. Having reason or the faculty of reasoning; end...
RATIONA'LE, n. 1. A detail with reasons; a series of reasons assigned; as Dr. Sp...
RA'TIONALIST, n. One who proceeds in his disquisitions and practice wholly upon ...
RATIONAL'ITY, n. 1. The power of reasoning. God has made rationality the common ...
RA'TIONALLY, adv. In consistency with reason; reasonably. We rationally expect e...
RA'TIONALNESS, n. The state of being rational or consistent with reason.
RAT'LIN, RAT'LINE, n. A small line traversing the shrouds of a ship, making the ...
RATOON', n. A sprout from the root of the sugar cane, which has been cut.
RATS'BANE, n. [rat and bane.] Poison for rats; arsenic.
RATS'BANED, a. Poisoned by ratsbane. RAT'-TAIL , n. In farriery, an excrescence ...
RATTEEN', n. A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.
RATTINET', n. A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.