Lexic.us

Definition of Arguing

1. Noun. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. "They were involved in a violent argument"

Definition of Arguing

1. Verb. (present participle of argue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arguing

1. argue [v] - See also: argue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arguing

Literary usage of Arguing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Composition, Oral and Written by Charles Sears Baldwin (1909)
"The Three Main Ways of arguing. — To show that elc.ctions to the United States Senate should be by direct pop'i6r vote, it may be argued: 1. from general ..."

2. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"General features of such claims. Best aids for such claimants: 1. Skill iu marshalling facts ; 2. Skill in arguing probabilities. Empedocles. ..."

3. The General Principles of the Law of Evidence: In Their Application to the by Frank Sumner Rice (1894)
"arguing from Facts not in Evidence.—The paragraph last cited sufficiently indicates that it is error to allow the prosecuting attorney, against defendant's ..."

4. The Art of Speaking: Containing, an Essay, in which are Given Rules for by James Burgh (1804)
"arguing. Story of Damocles. C:c. Tusc. Quest. ... 60 arguing. Absurdity of Atheism. C/c. 63 Of moral certainty. Graves. ..."

5. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Of the parable of the stony ground; Matt. xiii. 20, 21. Mr. G.'s arguing from the place proposed and considered. ..."

6. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"He continued to persuade me by arguing that Latin scholarship was of no importance, and that, if he wanted, he could have found plenty of good Latinists ..."

7. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"On 23 June he spoke for the purity and unity I of religion, arguing for the enforcement of the laws against ..."

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