Definition of "ratiocinate" []

• To reason methodically and logically. (verb-intransitive)

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• "But then it follows, not from hence neither, that the Soul accustomed to internal recollection, that can no longer ratiocinate, should always be meditating on, and considering (as the other Spiritualists say) the most holy Misteries of our Saviour."
• "But don't ratiocinate with me -- I cannot bear it."
• "But I give you warning -- Stasie may weep and Henri ratiocinate -- it will not serve you twice."