Ratiocinate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ratiocinate \Ra`ti*oc"i*nate\ (r[a^]sh`[i^]*[o^]s"[i^]*n[=a]t),
     v. i. [L. ratiocinatus, p. p. of ratiocinari, fr. ratio
     reason. See {Ratio}.]
     To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ratiocinate
       v : reason methodologically and logically