2. Verb. (third-person singular of reason) ¹
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Definition of Reasons
1. reason [v] - See also: reason
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reasons
| reasonably reasoned reasoner reasoners reasonest reasoneth reasoning reasoning(a) reasoning backward reasoning by elimination | reasonings reasonist reasonists reasonless reasonlessly reasons (current term) |
Literary usage of Reasons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"... in advance, my intention to withhold a part of the facts connected with my
escape from slavery. There are reasons for this suppression, which I trust ..."
2. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"CLOSING INCIDENTS OF MY " LIFE AS A SLAVE" reasons WHY FULL ... There are reasons
for this suppression, which I trust the reader will deem altogether valid. ..."
3. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David Hume (1890)
"reasons are afterwards given for the assurance ... reasons Ihe 'perceptions' in
question are produced in us by 'exterior wty "* causes affecting our senses. ..."
4. On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection, Or, the by Charles Darwin (1883)
"... different organs in members of the same class, developed from one and the same
source—reasons for disbelieving in great and abrupt modifications. ..."
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