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2501 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCLUSIVE.5 (Noah Webster)
3. Decisive; concluding the question; putting an end to debate; as a conclusive argument.
2502 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCLUSIVENESS.1 (Noah Webster)
CONCLUSIVENESS, n. The quality of being conclusive, or decisive; the power of determining the opinion, or of settling a question; as the conclusiveness of evidence or of an argument.
2503 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONFESS.4 (Noah Webster)
I confess the argument against me is good and not easily refuted.
2504 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONFIRMATION.7 (Noah Webster)
5. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony; as, this fact or this argument is a confirmation of what was before alleged.
2505 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONFUSE.8 (Noah Webster)
A sarcastic remark confused the gentleman and he could not proceed in his argument.
2506 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONFUTABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
CONFUTABLE, a. [See Confute .] That may be confuted, disproved or overthrown; that may be shown to be false, defective or invalid; as, an argument or a course of reasoning is confutable.
2507 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONFUTATION.1 (Noah Webster)
CONFUTATION, n. The act of confuting, disproving, or proving to be false, or invalid; refutation; overthrow; as of arguments, opinions, reasoning, theory, or error.
2508 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONFUTE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To disprove; to prove to be false, defective or invaled; to overthrow; as, to confute arguments, reasoning, theory, error.
2509 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONFUTE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To prove to be wrong; to convict of error, by argument or proof; as, to confute an advocate at the bar; to confute a writer.
2510 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONFUTED.1 (Noah Webster)
CONFUTED, pp. Disproved; proved to be false, defective or unsound; overthrown by argument, fact or proof.
2511 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONFUTING.1 (Noah Webster)
CONFUTING, ppr. Disproving; proving to be false, defective or invalid; overthrowing by argument or proof.
2512 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONNECT.3 (Noah Webster)
… connect arguments in a discourse. The strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic. A treaty connects two nations. The interests of …
2513 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONNECT.4 (Noah Webster)
CONNECT, v.i. To join, unite or cohere; to have a close relation. This argument connects with another. [This use is rare and not well authorized.]
2514 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONQUER.4 (Noah Webster)
3. To subdue opposition or resistance of the will by moral force; to overcome by argument, persuasion or other influence.
2515 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSEQUENCE.5 (Noah Webster)
2. In logic, a proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; the conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference; deduction.
2516 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSEQUENCE.7 (Noah Webster)
From this train of argument, the consequence is obvious.
2517 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSEQUENT.9 (Noah Webster)
2. That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion or inference.
2518 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSEQUENTIAL.4 (Noah Webster)
These arguments are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose.
2519 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONTENDED.1 (Noah Webster)
CONTENDED, pp. Urged in argument or debate; disputed; contested.
2520 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONTENDING.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Striving; struggling to oppose; debating; urging in argument; quarreling.