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- Argument - n. - Proof; evidence.
- Argument - n. - A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
- Argument - n. - A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
- Argument - n. - The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
- Argument - n. - Matter for question; business in hand.
- Argument - n. - The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
- Argument - n. - The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
- Argument - v. i. - To make an argument; to argue.
- Argumentable - a. - Admitting of argument.
- Argumental - a. - Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
- Argumentation - n. - The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true.
- Argumentation - n. - Debate; discussion.
- Argumentative - a. - Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
- Argumentative - a. - Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.
- Argumentative - a. - Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.
- Argumentize - v. i. - To argue or discuss.
- Oration - n. - An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.
- Analogism - n. - an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.
- Interruption - n. - Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
- Persuaded - p. p. & a. - Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.
- Epagoge - n. - The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
- Launch - v. i. - To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.
- Fallibility - n. - The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser.
- Amplify - v. i. - To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon.
- Elench - n. - That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
- Admit - v. t. - To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.
- Pursue - v. i. - To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
- Logical - a. - According to the rules of logic; as, a logical argument or inference; the reasoning is logical.
- Dissuasive - n. - A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation.
- Admission - n. - The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something /serted; acknowledgment; concession.
- Beggar - n. - One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
- Persuade - v. t. - To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
- Weapon - n. - Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon.
- Contention - n. - A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.
- Postulate - n. - Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.
- Abduction - n. - A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
- Dispute - v. i. - Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
- Topic - n. - One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory.
- Topic - n. - A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle.
- Apposite - a. - Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.
- Datum - n. - Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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- H6110 עַצֻּמָה - 6110 עַצֻּמָה - עַצֻּמָה - - ʻatstsumâh - ats-tsoo-maw' - feminine of עָצוּם; a bulwark, i.e. (figuratively) argument; strong. - Noun Feminine - heb
- G1256 διαλέγομαι - 1256 διαλέγομαι - ΔΙΑΛΈΓΟΜΑΙ - - dialégomai - dee-al-eg'-om-ahee - middle voice from διά and λέγω; to say thoroughly, i.e. discuss (in argument or exhortation):--dispute, preach (unto), reason (with), speak. - Verb - greek
- G1063 γάρ - 1063 γάρ - ΓΆΡ - - gár - gar - a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles):--and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet. - Conjunction - greek
- H5066 נָגַשׁ - 5066 נָגַשׁ - נָגַשׁ - - nâgash - naw-gash' - a primitive root; to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back; (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand. - Verb - heb
- G3794 ὀχύρωμα - 3794 ὀχύρωμα - ὈΧΎΡΩΜΑ - - ochýrōma - okh-oo'-ro-mah - from a remote derivative of ἔχω (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely); a castle (figuratively, argument):--stronghold. - Noun Neuter - greek
- G3982 πείθω - 3982 πείθω - ΠΕΊΘΩ - - peíthō - pi'-tho - a primary verb; to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty):--agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield. - Verb - greek
- G5378 Φιλόλογος - 5378 Φιλόλογος - ΦΙΛΌΛΟΓΟΣ - - Philólogos - fil-ol'-og-os - from φίλος and λόγος; fond of words, i.e. talkative (argumentative, learned, "philological"); Philologus, a Christian:--Philologus. - Noun Masculine - greek
- H8394 תָּבוּן - 8394 תָּבוּן - תָּבוּן - - tâbûwn - taw-boon' - and (feminine) תְּבוּנָה; or תּוֹבֻנָה; from בִּין; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice; discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H8433 תּוֹכֵחָה - 8433 תּוֹכֵחָה - תּוֹכֵחָה - - tôwkêchâh - to-kay-khaw' - and תּוֹכַחַת; from יָכַח; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence); argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved. - Noun Feminine - heb
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