Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French arguer to accuse, reason and Latin arguere to demonstrate, prove; Middle French arguer, from Latin argutare to prate, frequentative of arguere; akin to Hittite arkuwai- to plead, respond
Pronunciation : 'är-(")gyü
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. dispute; claim; give reasons. argue\ar"gue\, v. t.
2. to debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.
3. to prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning. so many laws argue so many sins.
4. to persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.
5. to blame; to accuse; to charge with. [obs.] thoughts and expressions which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality.
6. To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
7. To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; - - followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.
8. To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.
9. To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.
10. To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.
11. To blame; to accuse; to charge with. present reasons and arguments give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work" have an argument about something.
12. 1. If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue. The committee is concerned about players' behaviour, especially arguing with referees They were still arguing; I could hear them down the road.
13. If you tell someone not to argue with you, you want them to do or believe what you say without protest or disagreement. Don't argue with me The children go to bed at 10.
14. No one dares argue.
15. If you argue with someone about something, you discuss it with them, with each of you giving your different opinions. He was arguing with the King about the need to maintain the cavalry at full strength They are arguing over foreign policy The two of them sitting in their office were arguing this point.
16. If you argue that something is true, you state it and give the reasons why you think it is true. His lawyers are arguing that he is unfit to stand trial It could be argued that the British are not aggressive enough.
17. If you argue for something, you say why you agree with it, in order to persuade people that it is right. If you argue against something, you say why you disagree with it, in order to persuade people that it is wrong. The report argues against tax increases I argued the case for an independent central bank.
18. If you argue, you support your opinions with evidence in an ordered or logical way. He argued persuasively, and was full of confidence.
19. emphasis If you say that no-one can argue with a particular fact or opinion, you are emphasizing that it is obviously true and so everyone must accept it. We produced the best soccer of the tournament. Nobody would argue with that.
20. to argue the toss: see:
toss.
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