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5961 Etymology dictionary, p. argumentative (adj.).1
argumentative (adj.)
5962 Etymology dictionary, p. argumentative (adj.).2
… (see argument ) + -ive. The meaning "fond of arguing" is recorded from 1660s. Related: Argumentatively; argumentativeness .
5963 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 …
5964 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.
5965 Etymology dictionary, p. assail (v.).2
… with arguments, abuse, criticism, etc." is from c. 1400. Related: Assailed; assailing; assailable .
5966 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 .
5967 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 …
5968 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 .
5969 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 …
5970 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 …
5971 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 …
5972 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 …
5973 Etymology dictionary, p. chop (v.2).2
… sophistical argument" is recorded from 1570s. Related: Chopped; chopping .
5974 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.
5975 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.)).
5976 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.
5977 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.
5978 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 …
5979 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 …
5980 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).