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2881 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TIE.6 (Noah Webster)
We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument.
2882 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TOPIC.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Any subject of discourse or argument. The Scriptures furnish an unlimited number of topics for the preacher, and topics infinitely interesting.
2883 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TOPIC.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In rhetoric, a probable argument drawn from the several circumstances and places of a fact. Aristotle wrote a book of topics. Cicero defines topics to be the art of finding arguments.
2884 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TURN.69 (Noah Webster)
To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself.
2885 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TWOFOLD.1 (Noah Webster)
TWOFOLD, a. [two and fold.] Two of the same kind, or two different things existing together; as twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
2886 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNANSWERABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
UNANSWERABLE, a. Not to be satisfactorily answered; not capable of refutation; as an unanswerable argument.
2887 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNARGUED.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Not disputed; not opposed by argument.
2888 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNCONFUTABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
UNCONFUTABLE, a. Not confutable; not to be refuted or overthrown; that cannot be disproved or convicted of error; as an unconfutable argument.
2889 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNDER.8 (Noah Webster)
6. With the pretense of; with the cover or pretext of. He does this under the name of love. This argument is not to be evaded under some plausible distinction.
2890 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNDERSTAND.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To have the same ideas as the person who speaks, or the ideas which a person intends to communicate. I understood the preacher; the court perfectly understand the advocate or his argument.
2891 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNGRANTED.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Not granted; not yielded; not conceded in argument.
2892 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNPLAUSIBLE.1 (Noah Webster)
UNPLAUSIBLE, a. s as z. Not plausible; not having a fair appearance; as arguments not unplausible.
2893 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNPROVED.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Not established as true by argument, demonstration or evidence.
2894 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNSOLID.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Not solid; not firm; not substantial; as unsolid arguments or reasoning; an unsolid foundation.
2895 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNSOPHISTICATED.1 (Noah Webster)
UNSOPHISTICATED, a. Not adulterated by mixture; not counterfeit; pure; as unsophisticated drugs; unsophisticated arguments.
2896 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNSOUND.10 (Noah Webster)
9. Erroneous; wrong; deceitful; sophistical; as unsound arguments.
2897 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNTENABLE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. That cannot be maintained or supported; not defensible; as an untenable doctrine; untenable ground in argument.
2898 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNWEIGHED.4 (Noah Webster)
2. Not deliberately considered and examined; as, to leave arguments or testimony unweighed.
2899 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. URGE.4 (Noah Webster)
2. To press the mind or will; to press by motives, arguments, persuasion or importunity.
2900 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. URGE.12 (Noah Webster)
6. To press; as, to urge an argument; to urge a petition; to urge the necessity of a case.