LekhoriLekhoriHaving the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
The wiſdome and underſtanding of this Beaſt [the beaver], vvill almoſt conclude him a reaſonable creature: […]
Just; fair; agreeable to reason.
The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows […]
From Middle English resonable, from Old French resnable, from Late Latin rationabilis, from Latin ratio; more at reason, -able.
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