ˈrationate, v. rare.
[f. late L. ratiōnāt-, ppl. stem of ratiōnārī to reason, f. ratio ratio n.]
intr. To reason, to ratiocinate.
| 1644 Digby Nat. Bodies xxxviii. (1658) 419 When they will have beasts rationate and understand. 1819 Blackw. Mag. IV. 535 The doctor, therefore, rationated inconsequentially. |