See Also: reason(medicine)
reason(1)(dictionary)
reason(2)(dictionary)
reason(3)(dictionary)
practical reason(encyclopedia)
reason 1, noun(dictionary)
reason 2, verb(dictionary)
Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity (NGRI)(law)

reason(3) (iou)



reason verb. LME.
[Old French raisoner (mod. -onner), formed as REASON noun1.]
verb trans. Question (a person), call to account; speak with. LME-L16.
verb trans.
a. Discuss, argue, (a matter). Now rare. LME.
b. Discuss, ask oneself, what, why, etc. E16.
A. P. Herbert She reasoned carefully with herself whether..to go away..or to fall flop under Ernest's nose.
c. Argue, conclude, that etc. E16.
C. Chaplin A small moustache..I reasoned, would add age.
verb intrans. Argue, talk. L15-L17.
a. verb intrans. Think in a connected or logical manner; use one's reason in forming conclusions. (Foll. by from, about.) L16.
H. Keller He kept my mind alert..and trained it to reason clearly.
b. verb trans. Arrange the thought of in a logical manner, embody reason in; express in a logical form. Also, think out, work out. Chiefly as reasoned ppl adjective. L17.
reasoned amendment an amendment to a parliamentary bill that seeks to prevent a further reading by proposing reasons for its alteration or rejection.
L. Stephen He prefers..instinct to reasoned action.
verb trans. Bring (a person) into or out of a state of mind etc. by reasoning. L16.
verb trans. Explain or deal with by reasoning. rare. E17.
Shakespeare Coriolanus This boy..Does reason our petition with more strength Than thou hast to deny't.
verb trans.
a. Put down by reasoning. L17.
b. Drive away or off by reasoning. M19.
verb intrans. Use reasoning or argument with a person in order to influence his or her conduct or opinions. M19.
O. Manning He had tried to reason with her.
reasoner noun (a) rare a keeper of accounts; (b) a person who reasons: E16.
reasoning noun the action of the verb; an instance of this; the arguments or reasons involved in arriving at a conclusion or judgement: LME.
reasonist noun (rare) a professed reasoner E17-M18.