( n. )
Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
( n. )
Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012