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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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