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  • English Word Rater Definition One who rates or estimates.
  • English Word Rater Definition One who rates or scolds.
  • English Word Ratfish Definition Same as Rat-tail.
  • English Word Rath Definition A hill or mound.
  • English Word Rath Definition A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
  • English Word Rath Definition Alt. of Rathe
  • English Word Rath Definition Alt. of Rathe
  • English Word Rathe Definition Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.
  • English Word Rathe Definition Early; soon; betimes.
  • English Word Rather Definition Prior; earlier; former.
  • English Word Rather Definition Earlier; sooner; before.
  • English Word Rather Definition More readily or willingly; preferably.
  • English Word Rather Definition On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead.
  • English Word Rather Definition Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.
  • English Word Rather Definition More properly; more correctly speaking.
  • English Word Rather Definition In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp.
  • English Word Rathripe Definition Rareripe, or early ripe.
  • English Word Rathripe Definition A rareripe.
  • English Word Ratification Definition The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.
  • English Word Ratified Definition of Ratify
  • English Word Ratifier Definition One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer.
  • English Word Ratify Definition To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination.
  • English Word Ratifying Definition of Ratify
  • English Word Ratihabition Definition Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract.
  • English Word Rating Definition of Rate
  • English Word Ratio Definition The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by / or /; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a.
  • English Word Ratio Definition Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress.
  • English Word Ratiocinate Definition To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.
  • English Word Ratiocination Definition The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.
  • English Word Ratiocinative Definition Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process.