Arguer to Arithmomancy
Arguer
(Ar"gu*er) n. One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.
Argufy
(Ar"gu*fy) v. t. & i. [Argue + -fy.]
1. To argue pertinaciously. [Colloq.] Halliwell.
2. To signify. [Colloq.]
Argulus
(||Ar"gu*lus) n. [NL., dim of Argus.] (Zoöl.) A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a
fish louse. See Branchiura.
Argument
(Ar"gu*ment) n. [F. argument, L. argumentum, fr. arguere to argue.]
1. Proof; evidence. [Obs.]
There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument of the existence of a Deity.
Ray.
Why, then, is it made a badge of wit and an argument of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to
cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion?
South.
2. A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in
words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against
it.
3. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
The argument is about things, but names.
Locke.
4. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract
or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
You and love are still my argument.
Shak.
The abstract or argument of the piece.
Jeffrey.
[Shields] with boastful argument portrayed.
Milton.
5. Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.]
Sheathed their swords for lack of argument.
Shak.
6. (Astron.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument
of the refraction.
7. (Math.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends. Brande & C.
Argument
(Ar"gu*ment) v. i. [L. argumentari.] To make an argument; to argue. [Obs.] Gower.
Argumentable
(Ar`gu*men"ta*ble) a. [L. argumentabilis.] Admitting of argument. [R.] Chalmers.
Argumental
(Ar`gu*men"tal) a. [L. argumentalis.] Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
Argumentation
(Ar`gu*men*ta"tion) n. [L. argumentatio, from argumentari: cf. F. argumentation.]
