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of Argosy
A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.
Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.
To blame; to accuse; to charge with.
To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.
To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.
To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.
To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.
To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
of Argue
One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.
To signify.
To argue pertinaciously.
of Argue
A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura.
The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
Matter for question; business in hand.
A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.