argue.
To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
Meaning & usage
To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
The new increase in crime argues for even tougher jail sentences, according to some.
To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China.
He argued as follows: America should stop Lend-Lease convoying, because it needs to fortify its own Army with the supplies.
To have an argument, a quarrel.
To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
He argued his point.
He argued that America should stop Lend-Lease convoying because it needed to fortify its own Army with the supplies.
To prove.
To accuse.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argusder.? Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue From Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere (“to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse”), q.v. for more. Displaced native Old English flītan and reċċan.
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