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| ar·gue [ rgyoo ] (past and past participle ar·gued, present participle ar·gu·ing, 3rd person present singular ar·gues) |
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1. intransitive verb express disagreement: to express disagreement with somebody, especially continuously or angrily
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2. transitive and intransitive verb give reasons for something: to give reasons for an opinion in order to support it
  You could argue that this calls for greater freedom, not less.
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3. transitive verb persuade somebody: to persuade somebody to do something by giving reasons
argued her out of leaving
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4. transitive and intransitive verb provide evidence for something: to be evidence or a sign of something
The increase in crime argued for tougher jail sentences, said some.
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| [14th century. Via French arguer< Latin argutari "assert repeatedly" < arguere "make clear, assert"] |
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| ar·gu·er noun |
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