Definition of argument

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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..

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Unanswered :: Unanswered (a.) Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument..
Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument..
Answer :: Answer (n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply..
Cumulative :: Cumulative (a.) Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds..
Enumeration :: Enumeration (n.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument..
Sophist :: Sophist (n.) Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner..
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth..
Set-to :: Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like..
Fairness :: Fairness (n.) The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc..
Elench :: Elench (n.) A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart..
Object :: Object (v. i.) To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.
Argument :: Argument (n.) A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation..
Thither :: Thither (adv.) To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither..
Solidness :: Solidness (n.) Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like..
Topic :: 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..
Expatiate :: Expatiate (v. i.) To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude..
Apply :: Apply (v. i.) To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case..
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