'Reasoned' definitions:
Definition of 'reasoned'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Logically valid; "a sound argument" [syn: reasoned, sound, well-grounded]
Definition of 'Reasoned'
From: GCIDE
- Reason \Rea"son\ (r[=e]"z'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reasoned (r[=e]"z'nd); 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Stand still, that I may reason with you, before the Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord. --1 Sam. xii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To converse; to compare opinions. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Reasoned'
- By reason of,
- For the reason that,
- In all reason,
- In reason,
- It is reason,
- Reason,
- Reasonable,
- Reasonableness,
- Reasonably,
- Reasoner,
- Reasoning,
- reason out,
- Rhyme or reason,
- To stand to reason,
- age of reason,
- deductive reasoning,
- inductive reasoning,
- line of reasoning,
- reason to believe,
- reasonable care,
- reasoning backward,
- reasoning by elimination,
- specious reasoning,
- without rhyme or reason