rationalise
ra·tio·na·lise
verb
1.
2.
3.
think rationally; employ logic or reason
- “When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize”
4.
5.
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- “We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet”
Origin
From French rationaliser. By surface analysis, rational + -ise.
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