ˈsiləˌjīz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English sylogysen, from Late Latin syllogizare, from Greek syllogizesthai to infer, syllogize — more at syllogism
intransitive verb
: to reason or infer by means of syllogisms : argue deductively
can scarcely be said to syllogize ; whatever he knows he knows all at once — Frank Thilly
this thinking and syllogizing … this running over and over of hypothesis and surmise and supposition — L.P.Smith
transitive verb
: to deduce (something) by syllogism
syllogizes his moral laws