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2641 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HANDLE.8 (Noah Webster)
4. To treat; to discourse on; to discuss; to use or manage in writing or speaking. The author handled the subject with address. The speaker handled the arguments to the best advantage.
2642 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HARANGUE.2 (Noah Webster)
… an argument at the bar of a court, or to a speech in a deliberative council, unless in contempt.
2643 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HARMONIZE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To agree in sense or purport; as, the arguments harmonize; the facts stated by different witnesses harmonize.
2644 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEAR.12 (Noah Webster)
… , and arguments in a cause between parties; to try in a court of law or equity. The cause was heard and determined at the last term; or, it was heard at the last term …
2645 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEARING.6 (Noah Webster)
2. Judicial trial; attention to the facts, testimony and arguments in a cause between parties, with a view to a just decision.
2646 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HINGE.5 (Noah Webster)
2. That on which any thing depends or turns; a governing principle, rule or point. This argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
2647 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HIT.12 (Noah Webster)
There you hit him--that argument never fails with him.
2648 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HITHER.4 (Noah Webster)
3. To this point; to this argument or topic; to this end. [Little used and not to be encouraged.]
2649 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOLD.34 (Noah Webster)
21. To maintain; to sustain; to have in use or exercise; as, to hold an argument or debate.
2650 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOLD.63 (Noah Webster)
HOLD, v.i. To be true; not to fail; to stand, as a fact or truth. This is a sound argument in many cases, but does not hold in the case under consideration.
2651 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOLD.65 (Noah Webster)
In this application, we often say, to hold true, to hold good. The argument holds good in both cases. This holds true in most cases.
2652 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HYPOBOLE.2 (Noah Webster)
In rhetoric, a figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument or in favor of the opposite side, and each of them is refuted in order.
2653 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HYPOTHESIS.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument.
2654 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IDLE.12 (Noah Webster)
7. Trifling; vain; of no importance; as an idle story; an idle reason; idle arguments.
2655 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ILLUSTRATIVE.1 (Noah Webster)
ILLUSTRATIVE, a. Having the quality of elucidating and making clear what is obscure; as an argument or simile illustrative of the subject.
2656 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IMPERSUASIBLE.2 (Noah Webster)
Not to be moved by persuasion; not yielding to arguments.
2657 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IMPUGN.1 (Noah Webster)
IMPUGN, v.t. impu’ne. [L. impugno; in and pugno, to fight or resist.] To oppose; to attack by words or arguments; to contradict. The lawfulness of lots is impugned by some, and defended by others.
2658 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INADMISSIBILITY.1 (Noah Webster)
INADMISSIBILITY, n. [from inadmissible.] The quality of being inadmissible, or not proper to be received; as the inadmissibility of an argument, or of evidence in court, or of a proposal in a negotiation.
2659 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INAPPLICABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
INAPPLICABLE, a. [in and applicable.] Not applicable; that cannot be applied; not suited or suitable to the purpose. The argument or the testimony is inapplicable to the case.
2660 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INAPPOSITE.1 (Noah Webster)
INAPPOSITE, a. s as z. [in and apposite.] Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent; as an inapposite argument.