(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:28:44

Ra`tion*a"le (?), n. [L. rationalis, neut. rationale. See Rational, a.]

An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or like; also, the principles themselves.

 

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