Argue

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.

II. Argue ·vt To Blame; to Accuse; to charge with.

III. Argue ·vt To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.

IV. Argue ·vt To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.

V. Argue ·vi To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to Reason.

VI. Argue ·vi To contend in argument; to Dispute; to Reason;

— followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.