Argument

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Proof; evidence.

II. Argument ·noun Matter for question; business in hand.

III. Argument ·vi To make an argument; to Argue.

IV. Argument ·noun The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.

V. Argument ·noun A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.

VI. Argument ·noun The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.

VII. Argument ·noun The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.

VIII. Argument ·noun A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.

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