Definition of Argue

1. Verb. Present reasons and arguments. "Sam wants to argue with Sue "

Exact synonyms: Reason
Specialized synonyms: Re-argue, Expostulate, Defend, Fend For, Support
Generic synonyms: Lay Out, Present, Represent
Derivative terms: Arguable, Arguer, Argument, Argumentation, Argumentation, Reason, Reason, Reasoner

2. Verb. Have an argument about something. "Sam wants to argue with Sue "

3. Verb. Give evidence of. ; "The results indicate the need for more work"

Definition of Argue

1. v. i. To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

2. v. t. To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.

Definition of Argue

1. Verb. (obsolete) To prove. ¹

2. Verb. To shows grounds for concluding ((term that)); to indicate, imply. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To debate, disagree(,) or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Argue

1. to present reasons for or against [v -GUED, -GUING, -GUES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Argue

argonauta
argonaute
argonautes
argonauts
argonon
argons
argopelter
argosies
argosy
argot
argotic
argots
arguability
arguable
arguably
argue (current term)
argue out
argued
arguendo
arguer
arguers
argues
argufied
argufier
argufiers
argufies
argufy
argufying
arguido
arguidos

Literary usage of Argue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1917)
"To reason in any of the following ways is to Beg the Question: — (1) To argue in a circle. (2) To assume a more general truth which involves the point at ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... if they can do so in any case, we do not see how the inference can be resisted in the case before us. argue so forcibly against Its existence at that ..."

3. Annual Report by Fairmount Park Art Association (1903)
"... whatever they may be, and however much they may argue for themselves in the line of practicality or esthetic value, are yet, when you analyze them, ..."

4. The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne by George Berkeley, John Dewey, Ferdinand Gregorovius, George Sampson, Annie Hamilton, Arthur James Balfour Balfour (1898)
"Men argue from their own defects against a Deity. 25. Religious worship reasonable and expedient. I. EARLY the next morning, as I looked out of my window, ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"This is not to argue that it is by apologetics that men are made Christians, but that apologetics supplies to Christian men the systematically organized ..."

6. The Works of George Berkeley ...: Including His Posthumous Works; with by George Berkeley (1901)
"Men argue from their own defects against a Deity. 35. Religious worship reasonable and expedient. i. EARLY the next morning, as I looked out of my window, ..."

7. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... agitation, argument, ventilation, pilpul, dialogism, excursus, disputation, review. another), argue, sift, ventilate (so as to make public), criticize, ..."

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