Argue

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Argue \Ar"gue\, v. t.
     1. To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the
        counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause
        was well argued.
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     2. To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference,
        deduction, or reasoning.
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              So many laws argue so many sins.      --Milton.
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     3. To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a
        different opinion.
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     4. To blame; to accuse; to charge with. [Obs.]
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              Thoughts and expressions . . . which can be truly
              argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     Syn: to reason; evince; discuss; debate; expostulate;
          remonstrate; controvert.
  
     Usage: To {Argue}, {Dispute}, {Debate}. These words, as here
            compared, suppose a contest between two parties in
            respect to some point at issue. To argue is to adduce
            arguments or reasons in support of one's cause or
            position. To dispute is to call in question or deny
            the statements or arguments of the opposing party. To
            debate is to strive for or against in a somewhat
            formal manner by arguments.
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                  Men of many words sometimes argue for the sake
                  of talking; men of ready tongues frequently
                  dispute for the sake of victory; men in public
                  life often debate for the sake of opposing the
                  ruling party, or from any other motive than the
                  love of truth.                    --Crabb.
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                  Unskilled to argue, in dispute yet loud,
                  Bold without caution, without honors proud.
                                                    --Falconer.
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                  Betwixt the dearest friends to raise debate.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Argue \Ar"gue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Argued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Arguing}.] [OE. arguen, F. arguer, fr. L. argutare, freq. of
     arguere to make clear; from the same root as E. argent.]
     1. To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a
        proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to
        reason.
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              I argue not
              Against Heaven's hand or will.        --Milton.
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     2. To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed
        by with; as, you may argue with your friend without
        convincing him.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  argue
       v 1: present reasons and arguments [syn: {reason}]
       2: have an argument about something [syn: {contend}, {debate},
          {fence}]
       3: give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The
          results indicate the need for more work" [syn: {indicate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  163 Moby Thesaurus words for "argue":
     affirm, agitate, allege, altercate, analyze, announce, annunciate,
     approve, argufy, assert, assever, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch,
     avow, balk, bandy words, be construed as, be indicative of,
     be significant of, be symptomatic of, bespeak, betoken, bicker,
     breathe, canvass, cavil, characterize, choplogic, claim, clash,
     conflict, connote, contend, contest, convince, cross swords,
     cut and thrust, debate, declare, defend, demonstrate, demur,
     denominate, denote, differ, differentiate, disaccord, disagree,
     discept, disclose, discuss, display, dispute, dissent, dissuade,
     entail, enunciate, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit,
     expostulate, express, fight, furnish evidence, give and take,
     give evidence, give indication of, give token, go to show, hassle,
     have, have it out, highlight, hint, hold, identify, illustrate,
     imply, import, indicate, insist, investigate, involve,
     issue a manifesto, jib, join issue, justify, lay down, lock horns,
     logomachize, maintain, manifest, manifesto, mark, mean, moot, note,
     object, persuade, pettifog, plead, point to, polemicize, polemize,
     predicate, prevail upon, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest,
     prove, put, put it, quarrel, quibble, reason, refer to,
     remonstrate, reveal, review, row, say, scrap, set down, set forth,
     show, show signs of, sift, signalize, signify, spar, speak,
     speak for itself, speak out, speak up, speak volumes, spell,
     squabble, stand for, stand on, state, study, submit, suggest,
     symbolize, symptomatize, symptomize, take sides, talk, talk out of,
     tell, tend to show, testify, thrash out, try conclusions,
     ventilate, vindicate, warrant, witness, wrangle