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Argue   /ˈɑrgju/   Listen
Argue

verb
(past & past part. argued; pres. part. arguing)
1.
Present reasons and arguments.  Synonym: reason.
2.
Have an argument about something.  Synonyms: contend, debate, fence.
3.
Give evidence of.  Synonym: indicate.  "The results indicate the need for more work"



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"Argue" Quotes from Famous Books



... mother! What thought can be more appalling to a conscientious woman? Yet until a revolution is accomplished and a reign of reason and common sense inaugurated, this crime against the unborn will continue. But some argue the days of these extremes ...
— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 • Various

... of psychological detail or wage almost childish logomachies over the interpretation of each other's essays. Philosophical magazines are filled with articles which reflect this state of the philosophic mind. Philosophical congresses meet and argue and go home; Gifford lecturers prelect; yet so far as can be seen there is little sign that the key has been grasped. The great fact remains obscured amidst a mass ...
— Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge • Alexander Philip

... "Well, I don't know, but we needn't argue. You don't want him to get those dollars ...
— Alton of Somasco • Harold Bindloss

... tell you: marriage is a contract to which there are two constracting parties. That being clear, I am prepared to argue categorically that your son Charles—who, it appears, is not your son Charles—I am prepared to argue that one party to a contract being null and void, the other party to a contract cannot by law oblige or constrain ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV • Robert Louis Stevenson

... is coming to see Marjorie to-night, he hasn't called since her accident, and to talk to father, he likes to argue with him, and it will be pleasanter to have you here. And Will Rheid is home from a voyage, and he'll be running in. It must be lonesome for you over there on the Point. It used to be for me when I was ...
— Miss Prudence - A Story of Two Girls' Lives. • Jennie Maria (Drinkwater) Conklin


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