Ratiocinative \Ra`ti*oc"i*na*tive\, a. [L. ratiocinativus.] Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of proportions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process. The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character. --Coleridge.
ratiocinative adj : based on exact thinking; "one's ratiocinative powers"