- to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- to contend in oral disagreement; dispute: The senator argued with the president about the new tax bill.
- to state the reasons for or against: The lawyers argued the case.
- to maintain in reasoning: to argue that the news report must be wrong.
- to persuade, drive, etc., by reasoning: to argue someone out of a plan.
- to show; prove; imply; indicate: His clothes argue poverty.
- to quarrel; wrangle
- to present supporting or opposing reasons or cases in a dispute; reason
- to try to prove by presenting reasons; maintain
- to debate or discuss
- to persuade
- to give evidence of; suggest
