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Syllogize

//ˈsɪlədʒʌɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To reason by means of syllogisms. intransitive

    "those disputers[…]make him to infer and say what he never meant, wresting and wyre-drawing his words to a contrarie sense, arguing and silogizing by the Grammarians privilege[…]."

  2. 2
    reason by syllogisms wordnet
  3. 3
    To deduce consequences from. transitive

Etymology

From Middle French sillogiser, ultimately from Ancient Greek συλλογίζεσθαι (sullogízesthai).

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