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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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Reason , v. ( page 302 ).

Questions.

1. What is it to reason about a matter? 2. From what is argue derived, and what does it mean? 3. What is it to demonstrate? to prove? How do these two words agree and differ?

Examples.

There are two ways of reaching truth: by ——ing it out and by feeling it out.

In ——ing, too, the person owned his skill,
For e'en tho vanquished, he could —— still.

A matter of fact may be ——ed by adequate evidence; only a mathematical proposition can be ——ed.

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