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syllogise

syllogise is the alternative form of syllogize.

Meaning of syllogize

Verb

syllogize (third-person singular simple present syllogizes, present participle syllogizing, simple past and past participle syllogized)

  1. (intransitive) To reason by means of syllogisms.
    • those disputers[…]make him to infer and say what he never meant, wresting and wyre-drawing his words to a contrarie sense, arguing and silogizing by the Grammarians privilege[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 11, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To deduce consequences from.

Forms of syllogise

third-person singular presentsyllogises
present participlesyllogising
past participlesyllogised
pastsyllogised

Questions about syllogise

What is syllogise the alternative form of?
Syllogise is the alternative form of syllogize.

Words near syllogise in the dictionary

  1. syllids
  2. syllogai
  3. sylloge
  4. sylloges
  5. syllogisation
  6. syllogise
  7. syllogised
  8. syllogiser
  9. syllogisers
  10. syllogises
  11. syllogising

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