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reasoned

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reason  \Rea"son\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Reasoned};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Reasoning}.]  [Cf.  F.  raisonner.  See  {Reason},  n.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  Stand  still  that  I  may  reason  with  you  before  the 
  Lord,  of  all  the  righteous  acts  of  the  Lord.  --1 
  Sam.  xii.  7. 
 
  3.  To  converse;  to  compare  opinions.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reasoned 
  adj  1:  reflects  weight  of  sound  argument  or  evidence;  "a  sound 
  argument"  [syn:  {sound},  {well-grounded}] 
  2:  resulting  from  careful  thought;  "the  paper  was  well  thought 
  out"  [syn:  {considered},  {well  thought  out(p)}]




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