reasoner.html - See: IN REASON, LISTEN TO REASON, RHYME OR REASON, STAND TO REASON, WITHIN REASON.

reasoner.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a motive, cause, or justification (has good reasons for doing this; there is no reason to be angry).
2 a fact adduced or serving as this (I can give you my reasons).
3 the intellectual faculty by which conclusions are drawn from premisses.
4 sanity (has lost his reason).
5 Logic a premiss of a syllogism, esp. a minor premiss when given after the conclusion.
6 a faculty transcending the understanding and providing a priori principles; intuition.
7 sense; sensible conduct; what is right or practical or practicable; moderation.

--v.

1 intr. form or try to reach conclusions by connected thought.
2 intr. (foll. by with) use an argument (with a person) by way of persuasion.
3 tr. (foll. by that + clause) conclude or assert in argument.
4 tr. (foll. by why, whether, what + clause) discuss; ask oneself.
5 tr. (foll. by into, out of) persuade or move by argument (I reasoned them out of their fears).
6 tr. (foll. by out) think or work out (consequences etc.).
7 tr. (often as reasoned adj.) express in logical or argumentative form.
8 tr. embody reason in (an amendment etc.).

by reason of owing to. in (or within) reason within the bounds of sense or moderation. it stands to reason (often foll. by that + clause) it is evident or logical. listen to reason be persuaded to act sensibly. see reason acknowledge the force of an argument. with reason justifiably.

reasoner n. reasoning n. reasonless adj. [ME f. OF reisun, res(o)un, raisoner, ult. f. L ratio -onis f. reri rat- consider]

reasoner.html - adj.
1 having sound judgement; moderate; ready to listen to reason.
2 in accordance with reason; not absurd.
3 a within the limits of reason; not greatly less or more than might be expected. b inexpensive; not extortionate. c tolerable, fair.
4 archaic endowed with the faculty of reason.

reasonableness n. reasonably adv. [ME f. OF raisonable (as REASON) after L rationabilis]

reasoner.html - See: IN REASON, LISTEN TO REASON, RHYME OR REASON, STAND TO REASON, WITHIN REASON.

reasoner.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a motive, cause, or justification (has good reasons for doing this; there is no reason to be angry).
2 a fact adduced or serving as this (I can give you my reasons).
3 the intellectual faculty by which conclusions are drawn from premisses.
4 sanity (has lost his reason).
5 Logic a premiss of a syllogism, esp. a minor premiss when given after the conclusion.
6 a faculty transcending the understanding and providing a priori principles; intuition.
7 sense; sensible conduct; what is right or practical or practicable; moderation.

--v.

1 intr. form or try to reach conclusions by connected thought.
2 intr. (foll. by with) use an argument (with a person) by way of persuasion.
3 tr. (foll. by that + clause) conclude or assert in argument.
4 tr. (foll. by why, whether, what + clause) discuss; ask oneself.
5 tr. (foll. by into, out of) persuade or move by argument (I reasoned them out of their fears).
6 tr. (foll. by out) think or work out (consequences etc.).
7 tr. (often as reasoned adj.) express in logical or argumentative form.
8 tr. embody reason in (an amendment etc.).

by reason of owing to. in (or within) reason within the bounds of sense or moderation. it stands to reason (often foll. by that + clause) it is evident or logical. listen to reason be persuaded to act sensibly. see reason acknowledge the force of an argument. with reason justifiably.

reasoner n. reasoning n. reasonless adj. [ME f. OF reisun, res(o)un, raisoner, ult. f. L ratio -onis f. reri rat- consider]

reasoner.html - adj.
1 having sound judgement; moderate; ready to listen to reason.
2 in accordance with reason; not absurd.
3 a within the limits of reason; not greatly less or more than might be expected. b inexpensive; not extortionate. c tolerable, fair.
4 archaic endowed with the faculty of reason.

reasonableness n. reasonably adv. [ME f. OF raisonable (as REASON) after L rationabilis]