Outreason :: Outreason (v. t.) To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.

Reason :: Reason (n.) A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument..

Reason :: Reason (n.) The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive o

Reason :: Reason (n.) Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice..

Reason :: Reason (n.) Ratio; proportion.

Reason :: Reason (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.

Reason :: Reason (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue..

Reason :: Reason (n.) To converse; to compare opinions.

Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend..

Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To support with reasons, as a request..

Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan..

Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion..

Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon..

Reasonable :: Reasonable (n.) Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being..

Reasonable :: Reasonable (n.) Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men..

Reasonable :: Reasonable (n.) Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price..

Reasonable :: Reasonable (adv.) Reasonably; tolerably.

Reasonableness :: Reasonableness (n.) Quality of being reasonable.

Reasonably :: Reasonably (adv.) In a reasonable manner.

Reasonably :: Reasonably (adv.) Moderately; tolerably.

Reasoned :: Reasoned (imp. & p. p.) of Reaso.

Reasoner :: Reasoner (n.) One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner..

Reasoning :: Reasoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reaso.

Reasoning :: Reasoning (n.) The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.

Reasoning :: Reasoning (n.) That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.

Reasonist :: Reasonist (n.) A rationalist.

Reasonless :: Reasonless (a.) Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind..

Reasonless :: Reasonless (a.) Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.

Treason :: Treason (n.) The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery..

Treason :: Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy..

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