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syllogize

UK/ˈsɪlədʒʌɪz/

syllogize verb: to reason by means of syllogisms.

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 syllogize

third-person singular presentsyllogizes
present participlesyllogizing
past participlesyllogized
pastsyllogized
alternative Commonwealth Irelandsyllogise

Origin of syllogize

From Middle French sillogiser, ultimately from Ancient Greek συλλογίζεσθαι (sullogízesthai).

Words formed from syllogize

Questions about syllogize

What does syllogize mean?
Syllogize means to reason by means of syllogisms.
What part of speech is syllogize?
Syllogize is a verb.
How do you pronounce syllogize?
Syllogize is pronounced /ˈsɪlədʒʌɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of syllogize?
The past tense of syllogize is syllogized.

Words near syllogize in the dictionary

  1. syllogistic
  2. syllogistical
  3. syllogistically
  4. syllogists
  5. syllogization
  6. syllogize
  7. syllogized
  8. syllogizer
  9. syllogizers
  10. syllogizes
  11. syllogizing

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