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5941 Etymology dictionary, p. argumentative (adj.).1
argumentative (adj.)
5942 Etymology dictionary, p. argumentative (adj.).2
… (see argument ) + -ive. The meaning "fond of arguing" is recorded from 1660s. Related: Argumentatively; argumentativeness .
5943 Etymology dictionary, p. arraign (v.).2
… ratio "argumentation; reckoning, calculation," from rat-, past-participle stem of reri "to reckon, calculate," also "think" (from PIE root *re- "to reason, count"). The unetymological …
5944 Etymology dictionary, p. Artemis.2
… to arguments against the attempt to connect it with arktos "bear" (as "bear-goddess") and finds it possibly Pre-Greek.
5945 Etymology dictionary, p. assail (v.).2
… with arguments, abuse, criticism, etc." is from c. 1400. Related: Assailed; assailing; assailable .
5946 Etymology dictionary, p. assume (v.).3
The meaning "to suppose, to take for granted without proof as the basis of argument" is recorded by 1590s; that of "to take or put on fictitiously" (an appearance, etc.) is from c. 1600. Related: Assumed; assuming .
5947 Etymology dictionary, p. authority (n.).2
… an argument, passage from Scripture," from Old French autorité, auctorité "authority, prestige, right, permission, dignity, gravity; the Scriptures" (12c.; Modern …
5948 Etymology dictionary, p. base (v.).2
1580s, transitive, "make or serve as a foundation for;" by 1841, of arguments, etc., "place (on or upon) a foundation," from base (n.). Related: Based; basing .
5949 Etymology dictionary, p. bate (v.2).2
… or arguments," from Old French batre "to hit, beat, strike" (11c., Modern French battre ), from Late Latin battere, from Latin batuere "to beat, knock" (see batter (v.)). In falconry …
5950 Etymology dictionary, p. beef (v.).2
… meaning "argument" is recorded from 1930s. The origin and signification of these are unclear; perhaps they trace to the common late 19c. complaint of soldiers …
5951 Etymology dictionary, p. beg (v.).3
… one's argument," thus "asking" one's opponent to give something unearned, though more of the nature of taking it for granted without warrant. To beg off (something …
5952 Etymology dictionary, p. captious (adj.).2
… , fallacious argument," literally "a taking (in)," from captus, past participle of capere "to take, catch" (from PIE root *kap- "to grasp"). Related: Captiously; captiousness …
5953 Etymology dictionary, p. chop (v.2).2
… sophistical argument" is recorded from 1570s. Related: Chopped; chopping .
5954 Etymology dictionary, p. circle (n.).4
To come full circle is in Shakespeare. Sense in logic, "inconclusive argument in which unproved statements are used to prove each other" is from 1640s. Meaning "dark mark around or beneath the eyes" is from 1848.
5955 Etymology dictionary, p. clause (n.).2
… legal argument," from clausa, fem. noun from past participle of claudere "to close, to shut, to conclude" (see close (v.)).
5956 Etymology dictionary, p. clearly (adv.).2
c. 1300, of vision and speech, "in a clear manner, without obscurity," from clear (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "evidently" is from 1560s; as a parenthetical expression in argument, "it is clear," recorded from 1867.
5957 Etymology dictionary, p. clincher (n.).2
… statement, argument, etc., 1737. Clincher-built "made of boards or metal pieces which overlap one another" is from 1769.
5958 Etymology dictionary, p. coherence (n.).2
… or argument), also more literally "act or state of sticking or cleaving of one thing to another," from French cohérence (16c.), from Latin cohaerentia, abstract …
5959 Etymology dictionary, p. color (n.).4
… or argument advanced by way of justifying, explaining, or excusing an action," hence "specious reason or argument, that which hides the real character of something …
5960 Etymology dictionary, p. con (n.1, adv.).2
"negation; in the negative; the arguments, arguers, or voters against a proposal" (mainly in pro and con ), 1570s, short for Latin contra "against" (see contra (prep., adv.)). Compare pro (n.2).