rationality

[Fr. rational ité, from Lat. rationalitatem, acc us. of rational it as reason, or the use of reason, from ratio =reason; Sp. racional idad; Ital. razionalità.] 1. The quality of being rational; the power or faculty of reasoning. "God has made rationality the common portion of mankind."-H. More: Government of the Tongue. 2. Reasonablene . "In human occurrences, there have been many well directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination." - Browne : Vulgar Errors. ra-toôn' (1), subst. [Sp. retoño a sprout or shoot; retoñar=to sprout again.] 1. A sprout from the root Ratline. of the sugar-cane that has been cut down. 2. The heart-leaves in a tobacco-plant.