Definition of argument

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Argument (n.) Matter for question; business in hand.

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Solidity :: Solidity (n.) Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions..
Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress..
Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer..
Bank :: Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc..
Consequent :: Consequent (n.) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference..
Theme :: Theme (n.) A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..
Forensic :: Forensic (a.) Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes..
Elicit :: Elicit (v. t.) To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion..
Solidness :: Solidness (n.) Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like..
Weapon :: Weapon (n.) Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon..
Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments..
Answer :: Answer (n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply..
Argument :: Argument (n.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction..
Contention :: 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..
Chop-logic :: Chop-logic (n.) One who bandies words or is very argumentative.
Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
Topical :: Topical (n.) Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument..
Scientific :: Scientific (a.) Having a knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing science or systematic knowledge; as, a scientific chemist; a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument..
Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument..
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