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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A cause:
  • mathematics|obsolete ratio; proportion.
  • obsolete Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
  • rfv-sense obsolete due exercise of the reasoning faculty
  • faculties]], collectively, of roughly the [[ability to think.

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Verb:

  • intransitive Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
  • intransitive To converse; to compare opinions.
  • intransitive To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
  • rare To support with reasons, as a request.
  • transitive To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
  • transitive To persuade by reasoning or argument.
  • usually with ''out'' To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
  • with ''adducing reasons.

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