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syllogize
CIDE DICTIONARY
syllogize, v. i. [Gr. : cf. F. syllogiser.].
To reason by means of syllogisms. [1913 Webster]
"Men have endeavored . . . to teach boys to syllogize, or frame arguments and refute them, without any real inward knowledge of the question." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
syllogize, v. (also -ise)
1 intr. use syllogisms.
2 tr. put (facts or an argument) in the form of syllogism.
1 intr. use syllogisms.
2 tr. put (facts or an argument) in the form of syllogism.
Etymology
ME f. OF sillogiser or LL syllogizare f. Gk sullogizomai (as SYLLOGISM)
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