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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
ar·gue    Audio Help   [ahr-gyoo] Pronunciation Key verb, -gued, -gu·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
2.to contend in oral disagreement; dispute: The Senator argued with the President about the new tax bill.
–verb (used with object)
3.to state the reasons for or against: The lawyers argued the case.
4.to maintain in reasoning: to argue that the news report must be wrong.
5.to persuade, drive, etc., by reasoning: to argue someone out of a plan.
6.to show; prove; imply; indicate: His clothes argue poverty.
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME < AF, OF arguer < L argūtāre, -ārī, freq. of arguere to prove, assert, accuse (ML: argue, reason), though L freq. form attested only in sense “babble, chatter”]

—Related forms
ar·gu·er, noun

—Synonyms 1, 2. Argue, debate, discuss imply using reasons or proofs to support or refute an assertion, proposition, or principle. Argue implies presenting one's reasons: The scientists argued for a safer testing procedure; it may also imply disputing in an angry or excited way: His parents argue all the time. To discuss is to present varied opinions and views: to discuss ways and means. To debate is to interchange formal (usually opposing) arguments, esp. on public questions: to debate a proposed amendment.
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  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  argue
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To put forth reasons for or against something, often excitedly.
Synonyms:  contend, debate, dispute, moot
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  argue
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To engage in a quarrel.
Synonyms:  bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  assert
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To put into words positively and with conviction.
Synonyms:  affirm, allege, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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