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ARGUMENTAL a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
ARGUMENTATION n. 2 definitions
as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true. Which manner of argumentation, how false and naught it is, . . . every man that hath with perceiveth. Tyndale.
ARGUMENTATIVE a. 3 definitions
Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
ARGUMENTIZE v.
To argue or discuss. [Obs.] Wood.
ARGUS n. 3 definitions
fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.
ARGUS SHELL n.
A species of shell (Cypræa argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.
ARGUS-EYED a.
Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.
ARGUTATION n.
Caviling; subtle disputation. [Obs.]
ARGUTE a. 2 definitions
Sharp; shrill. [Obs.] Johnson.
ARGUTELY adv.
In a subtle; shrewdly.
ARGUTENESS n.
Acuteness. Dryden.
ARHIZAL; ARHIZOUS; ARHYTHMIC; ARHYTHMOUS a.
See Arrhizal, Arrhizous, Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous.
ARIA n.
An air or song; a melody; a tune.
ARIAN a. 3 definitions
See Aryan.
ARIANISM n.
The doctrines of the Arians.
ARIANIZE v. 2 definitions
To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.
ARICINE n.
An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.
ARID a.
Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste." Thomson.
ARIDITY n. 2 definitions
The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.
ARIDNESS n.
Aridity; dryness.
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