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Antonyms for reasoned
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ree-zuh nd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈri zənd |
Definition of reasoned
Origin :- early 14c., resunmen, "to question (someone)," also "to challenge," from Old French raisoner "speak, discuss; argue; address; speak to," from Late Latin rationare "to discourse," from ratio (see reason (n.)). Intransitive sense of "to think in a logical manner" is from 1590s; transitive sense of "employ reasoning (with someone)" is from 1847. Related: Reasoned; reasoning.
- verb mentally analyze
- verb argue, persuade
- I do not say she reasoned thus, but her genius reasoned thus for her.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Poor K., who had reasoned all this out for himself and had come to the same impasse!
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- But, in this matter, her ward could neither be reasoned with nor persuaded.
- Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He was quite earnest about it, and reasoned with me like a father; but I was determined not to yield.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- But still, as he reasoned, he saw ever before him that blush and that smile.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- They spoke English, and, after a fashion, reasoned in a crude sort of way.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- There, half concealed by the draperies, he communed and reasoned with himself.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- At that time had I reasoned with them, it would have been as drops upon a flame.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It was no reasoned impulse that made White Fang do what he then did.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- "I don't believe I will ever say it," I reasoned doggedly to myself.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
Synonyms for reasoned
- adduce
- bring around
- cerebrate
- cogitate
- conclude
- contemplate
- contend
- debate
- decide
- deduce
- deduct
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- discourse
- discuss
- dispute
- dissuade
- draw conclusion
- draw from
- establish
- examine
- expostulate
- figure out
- gather
- generalize
- infer
- justify
- make out
- move
- philosophize
- point out
- prevail upon
- prove
- ratiocinate
- rationalize
- reflect
- remonstrate
- resolve
- show error of ways
- solve
- speculate
- study
- suppose
- syllogize
- talk into
- talk out of
- think
- think through
- thresh out
- urge
- win over
- work out
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