N. {ant. 477} reasoning,
ratiocination,
rationalism,
dialectics, induction,
generalization, discussion, comment,
ventilation, inquiry,
argumentation, controversy,
debate,
polemics,
wrangling, contention logomachy,
disputation,
disceptation, paper war, art of reasoning, logic, process of reasoning, train of reasoning, chain of reasoning,
deduction, induction,
abduction,
synthesis, analysis, argument, case, plaidoyer, opening,
lemma, proposition, terms,
premises,
postulate, data, starting point, principle, inference,
prosyllogism,
syllogism,
enthymeme,
sorites,
dilemma, perilepsis, a priori reasoning, reductio ad absurdum, horns of a dilemma, argumentum ad hominem, comprehensive argument, empirema,
epagoge, reasoner,
logician,
dialectician,
disputant,
controversialist,
controvertist,
wrangler,
arguer, debater polemic,
casuist,
rationalist,
scientist,
eristic, logical sequence, good case, correct just reasoning, sound reasoning, valid reasoning, cogent reasoning, logical reasoning, forcible reasoning, persuasive reasoning, persuasory reasoning, consectary reasoning|,
conclusive, subtle reasoning, force of argument, strong point, strong argument, persuasive argument, arguments, reasons, pros and cons
V. reason,
argue,
discuss,
debate, dispute, wrangle- argufy, bandy words, bandy arguments, chop logic, hold an argument, carry on an argument,
controvert,
canvass, comment upon, moralize upon,
spiritualize, consider, open a discussion, open a case, try conclusions, join issue, be at issue,
moot, come to the point, stir a question, agitate a question, ventilate a question, torture a question, take up a side, take up a case,
contend, take one's stand upon,
insist, lay stress on,
infer, follow from
Adj. reasoning,
rationalistic,
argumentative,
controversial,
dialectic,
polemical,
discursory,
discursive,
disputatious,
aristotelian,
eristic,
eristical,
debatable,
controvertible, logical,
relevant Adv. for, because, hence, whence, seeing that, since,
sith, then thence so, for that reason, for this reason, for which reason, for as, inasmuch as, whereas, ex concesso, considering, in consideration of, therefore, wherefore, consequently,
ergo, thus, accordingly,
a fortiori, in conclusion, in fine, finally, after all, au bout du compt, on the whole, taking one thing with another
Phr. ab actu ad posse valet consecutio, per troppo dibatter la verita si perde, troppo disputare la verita fa errare
N. affirmance,
affirmation, statement,
allegation, assertion,
predication, declaration, word,
averment,
confirmation,
asseveration,
adjuration,
swearing, oath,
affidavit,
deposition,
avouchment, assurance,
protest,
protestation, profession, acknowledgment, legal pledge,
pronouncement, solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration, remark, observation, position, saying,
dictum, sentence, ipse dixit,
emphasis, weight,
dogmatism, dogmatics
V. assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say,
affirm,
predicate, declare, state,
protest,
profess, put forth, put forward, advance,
allege,
propose,
propound,
enunciate,
broach, set forth, hold out, maintain,
contend,
pronounce, pretend,
depose,
depone,
aver,
avow,
avouch,
asseverate,
swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's bible oath, kiss the book,
vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call heaven to witness,
vouch, warrant,
certify,
assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon,
emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice,
dogmatize, have the last word, rap out,
repeat, reassert,
reaffirm,
announce, acknowledge,
attest,
adjure Adj. asserting,
declaratory,
predicatory,
pronunciative,
affirmative,
soi-disant, positive, certain, express,
explicit, absolute,
emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided,
confident,
trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn,
categorical,
peremptory,
unretracted,
predicable Adv. affirmatively, in the affirmative, with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction, as god is my witness, i must say, indeed,
i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, i'd have you to know, upon my word, upon my honor, by my troth,
egad, i assure you, by jingo, by jove, by george, &c,
troth, seriously,
sadly, in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest, of a truth, truly,
perdy, in all conscience, upon oath, be assured,
yes, i'll warrant, i'll warrant you, i'll engage, i'll answer for it, i'll be bound, i'll venture to say, i'll take my oath, in fact,
forsooth, joking apart, so help me god, not to mince the matter
Phr. quoth he, dixi
N. n, opposition,
antagonism,
oppugnancy,
oppugnation, impugnation|,
contrariety,
contravention,
counteraction,
counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind,
clashing,
collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade,
rivalry,
emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint,
hindrance V. oppose,
counteract, run counter to,
withstand, control, hinder,
antagonize,
oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of, set against, pit against, face,
confront, cope with, make a stand, make a dead set against, set oneself against, set one's face against, protest against, vote against, raise one's voice against, disfavor, turn one's back upon, set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes,
counterwork,
countermine,
thwart,
overthwart, work against, undermine, stem, breast,
encounter, stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the current, stem the flood, buffet the waves, beat up against, make head against, grapple with, kick against the pricks,
contend, do battle -with, do battle against,
contradict,
contravene,
belie, go against, run against, beat against, militate against, come in conflict with,
emulate, rival, spoil one's trade
Adj. opposing, opposed,
adverse,
antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile,
inimical, cross,
unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms,
resistant,
competitive,
emulous Adv. against,
versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across,
athwart,
overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra
Phr. nitor in adversum
N. contention,
strife, contest,
contestation, struggle,
belligerency, opposition, controversy,
polemics,
debate, war of words,
logomachy,
litigation, paper war, high words,
sparring, competition,
rivalry,
corrivalry,
corrivalship, agonism|, concours,
match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase,
handicap,
regatta, field day, sham fight, derby day,
turf,
sporting,
bullfight,
tauromachy, gymkhana, boat race, torpids,
wrestling, greco-roman wrestling,
pugilism, boxing,
fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense,
spar, mill,
set-to, round,
bout, event, prize fighting,
quarterstaff, single stick,
gladiatorship,
gymnastics, jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo,
athletics,
athletic sports, games of skill,
shindy,
fracas, clash of arms,
tussle,
scuffle,
broil,
fray,
affray, affrayment|, velitation|, colluctation|,
luctation,
brabble, brigue|,
scramble,
melee,
scrimmage,
stramash,
bushfighting, free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight, conflict,
skirmish,
rencounter,
encounter,
rencontre,
collision,
affair,
brush, fight, battle, battle royal,
combat, action, engagement,
joust,
tournament,
tilt,
tilting, tournay, list, pitched battle, death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle,
armageddon, hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war, naval engagement,
naumachia,
sea fight,
duel,
duello, single combat,
monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor, triangular duel, hostile meeting,
digladiation, deeds of arms, feats of arms, appeal to arms,
pugnacity,
combativeness, bone of contention
V. contend, contest,
strive, struggle,
scramble,
wrestle,
spar, square, exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs, fib|,
justle,
tussle,
tilt, box,
stave,
fence,
skirmish,
pickeer, fight,
wrangle, contend &c. with, grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush, with, tilt with,
encounter, fall foul of, pitch into,
clapperclaw, run a tilt at,
oppose,
reluct, join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand, take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet, enter the lists, couch one's lance, give satisfaction, appeal to arms, lay about one, break the peace, compete with, cope with, vie with, race with,
outvie,
emulate, rival, run a race, contend &c. for, stipulate for, stickle for, insist upon, make a point of
Adj. contending, together by the ears, at loggerheads at war at issue,
competitive, rival,
belligerent,
contentious,
combative,
bellicose, unpeaceful, warlike,
quarrelsome,
pugnacious,
pugilistic,
gladiatorial,
palestric,
palestrical Phr. a verbis ad verbera, a word and a blow, "a very pretty quarrel as it stands", commune periculum concordiam parit, lis litem generat
N. warfare, fighting,
hostilities, war, arms, the sword,
mars,
bellona, grim visaged war, horrida bella,
bloodshed, appeal to arms, appeal to the sword, ordeal of battle, wager of battle, ultima ratio regum, arbitrament of the sword, battle array, campaign,
crusade, expedition, operations,
mobilization, state of siege, battlefield, theater of operations,
warpath, art of war,
tactics,
strategy,
castrametation,
generalship,
soldiership,
logistics, military evolutions,
ballistics,
gunnery,
chivalry,
gunpowder, shot, battle, tug of war, service, campaigning, active service, tented field, kriegspiel,
kriegsspiel, fire cross,
trumpet,
clarion,
bugle,
pibroch,
slogan, war-cry, war-whoop, battle cry, beat of drum,
rappel,
tom-tom, calumet of war, word of command,
password,
watchword, passage d-armes, war to the death, war to the knife, guerre a mort, guerre a outrance, open war, internecine war, civil war
V. arm, raise troops, mobilize troops, raise up in arms, take up the cudgels, take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword, draw the sword, unsheathe the sword, dig up the hatchet, dig up the tomahawk, go to war, wage war, 'let slip the dogs of war', cry havoc, kindle the torch of war, light the torch of war, raise one's banner, raise the fire cross, hoist the black flag, throw away, fling away the scabbard,
enroll,
enlist, take the field, take the law into one's own hands, do battle, give battle, join battle, engage in battle, go to battle, flesh one's sword, set to, fall to,
engage, measure swords with, draw the trigger, cross swords, come to blows, come to close quarters, fight,
combat,
contend, battle with, break a lance with, raise the jolly roger, run up the jolly roger, serve, see service, be on service, be on active service, campaign, wield the sword, shoulder a musket, smell powder, be under fire, spill blood, imbrue the hands in blood, on the warpath, carry on war, carry on hostilities, keep the field, fight the good fight, fight it out, fight like devils, fight one's way, fight hand to hand, sell one's life dearly, pay the ferryman's fee
Adj. contending,
contentious, armed, armed to the teeth, armed cap-a-pie, sword in hand, in arms, under arms, up in arms, at war with, bristling with arms, in battle array, in open arms, in the field,
embattled, battled, unpacific, unpeaceful,
belligerent,
combative,
armigerous,
bellicose, martial, warlike, military,
militant, soldier- like, soldierly,
chivalrous,
strategical,
internecine Adv. flagrante bello, in the thick of the fray, in the cannon's mouth, at the sword's point, at the point of the bayonet
Int. vae victis, to arms, to your tents o israel, phr, the battle rages, a la guerre comme a la guerre, bis peccare in bello non licet, jus gladii, "my voice is still for war", "'tis well that war is so terrible, otherwise we might grow fond of it", "my sentence is for open war", "pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war", "the cannons have their bowels full of wrath", "the cannons . . .spit forth their iron indignation", "the fire-eyed maid of smoky war", silent leges inter arma, si vis pacem para bellum
