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2441 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ADVOCATED.1 (Noah Webster)
ADVOCATED, pp. Defended by argument; vindicated.
2442 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ALLEDGE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To produce as an argument, plea or excuse; to cite or quote; as, to alledge the authority of a judge.
2443 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AMPLIFICATION.3 (Noah Webster)
… ; copious argument, intended to present the subject in every view or in the strongest light; diffuse narrative, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject …
2444 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AMPLIFY.6 (Noah Webster)
1. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate upon; often followed by on; as, to amplify on the several topics of discourse.
2445 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANALOGISM.1 (Noah Webster)
ANALOGISM, n. [Gr.] An argument from the cause to the effect.
2446 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANALYSIS.3 (Noah Webster)
… an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
2447 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANATOMIZE.1 (Noah Webster)
… an argument.
2448 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANSWER.2 (Noah Webster)
… or argument of another person; as, “I have called and ye have not answered.” “He answered the question or the argument.” This may be in agreement and confirmation …
2449 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANSWER.24 (Noah Webster)
1. A reply; that which is said, in return to a call, a question, an argument or an allegation.
2450 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANSWERABLE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. That may be answered; that to which a reply may be made, usually implying that the answer may be satisfactory; as, an answerable argument.
2451 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANTAGONIZE.1 (Noah Webster)
ANTAGONIZE, v.i. To contend against; to act in opposition; to oppose in argument.
2452 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANTECEDENT.2 (Noah Webster)
… , or argument of two propositions; as, if the sun is fixed, the earth must move. Here the first and conditional proposition is the antecedent; the second, the consequent …
2453 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANTICIPATE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To take before the proper time; as, the advocate has anticipated that part of his argument.
2454 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APAGOGE.2 (Noah Webster)
… of argument, wherein the greater extreme is evidently contained in the medium, but the medium not so evidently in the lesser extreme, as not to require further …
2455 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APOLOGETIC.2 (Noah Webster)
Defending by words or arguments; excusing; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; as an apologetic essay.
2456 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APOPHASIS.2 (Noah Webster)
In rhetoric, a waving or omission of what one, speaking ironically, would plainly insinuate; as, “I will not mention another argument, which, however, if I should, you could not refute.”
2457 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. A-POSTERIORI.2 (Noah Webster)
Arguments a posteriori, are drawn from effect, consequences or facts; in opposition to reasoning a priori, or from causes previously known.
2458 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APOSTROPHE.2 (Noah Webster)
… an argument to the jury, turns and addresses a few remarks to the court.
2459 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APPLY.12 (Noah Webster)
1. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
2460 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APPOSITE.2 (Noah Webster)
Suitable; fit; very applicable; well adapted; followed by to; as, this argument is very opposite to the case.