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reason
1. noun /ˈɹiːzən/
a) a cause:

Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.

b) That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.

And the specific distinction between man and beast is now, strictly speaking, no longer reason (the lumen naturale of the human animal) but science….

Syn: cause, rationale, motive, excuse
2. verb /ˈɹiːzən/
a) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.

I reasoned the matter with my friend.

b) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.

to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan


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