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Arguing   /ˈɑrgjuɪŋ/   Listen
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Argue  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.
2.
To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning. "So many laws argue so many sins."
3.
To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.
4.
To blame; to accuse; to charge with. (Obs.) "Thoughts and expressions... which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality."
Synonyms: to reason; evince; discuss; debate; expostulate; remonstrate; controvert. 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. "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." "Unskilled to argue, in dispute yet loud, Bold without caution, without honors proud." "Betwixt the dearest friends to raise debate."


Argue  v. i.  (past & past part. argued; pres. part. arguing)  
1.
To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason. "I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will."
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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"Arguing" Quotes from Famous Books



... hours undergoing this ordeal said that he felt wholly out of sympathy with the atmosphere at the Conference Hall, adding: "While arguing or appealing to my country's arbiters I felt I was addressing only a minority of the distinguished judges, while the thoughts of the others were far away. And when the interpreter was rendering, quickly, mechanically, ...
— The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference • Emile Joseph Dillon
... exchanged my brother John as a bedfellow for Walter Packard. Walter was a droll fellow, rather given to arguing, and had a way of enraging his adversary while he kept cool, and, when it suited, could put on great dignity. Immediately following our battery, as we worked our way along a by-road through the foothills toward Brown's Gap, was Gen. Dick Taylor at the head of his Louisiana ...
— The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson • Edward A. Moore
... moved. They usually did when he was arguing with God or calling his Creator's attention to the justice of his case. His two cases — each, to him, a cause celebre; the matter of Harrod; ...
— The Flaming Jewel • Robert Chambers
... wish to tell you. I owe you a debt to-night for having prevented me from committing a crime. You saw that I had the spade and pickaxe ready in the cottage. Well, I confess I lusted for that gem. I was arguing out the case with my flute when ...
— Noughts and Crosses • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... social structure is thus to be taken as a guide to assist the process of analysis, it is evident that there will be involved a logical process of considerable complexity in which there will be the danger of arguing in a circle. If, however, the analysis of culture is to be the primary task of the anthropologist, it is evident that the logical methods of the science will attain a complexity far exceeding those hitherto in vogue. I ...
— Introduction to the Science of Sociology • Robert E. Park


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