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Combatable :: Combatable (a.) Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments..

Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument..

Parry :: Parry (v. i.) To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc..

Ampliation :: Ampliation (n.) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument..

Expugn :: Expugn (v. t.) To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments..

Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant..

Respond :: Respond (v. i.) To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument..

Point :: Point (n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote..

Exhort :: Exhort (v. i.) To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.

Argument :: Argument (n.) 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..

Fallacious :: Fallacious (a.) Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning..

Assault :: Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government..

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon..

Argument :: Argument (n.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.

Discussion :: Discussion (n.) The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.

Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury..

Object :: Object (v. i.) To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.

Apposite :: Apposite (a.) Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case..

Hypobole :: Hypobole (n.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order..

Slight :: Slight (superl.) Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like..

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