English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Argosies
(pl. )
of Argosy
Argosy
(n.)
A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
Argot
(n.)
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves,
tramps, and vagabonds; flash.
Arguable
(a.)
Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.
Argue
(v. t.)
To blame; to accuse; to charge with.
Argue
(v. t.)
To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a
different opinion.
Argue
(v. t.)
To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference,
deduction, or reasoning.
Argue
(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.
Argue
(v. i.)
To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; --
followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing
him.
Argue
(v. i.)
To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a
proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
Argued
(imp. & p. p.)
of Argue
Arguer
(n.)
One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.
Argufy
(v. t. & i.)
To signify.
Argufy
(v. t. & i.)
To argue pertinaciously.
Arguing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Argue
Argulus
(n.)
A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish
louse. See Branchiura.
Argument
(n.)
The independent variable upon whose value that of a
function depends.
Argument
(n.)
The quantity on which another quantity in a table
depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
Argument
(n.)
Matter for question; business in hand.
Argument
(n.)
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.