syllogize
[ sil-uh-jahyz ]
/ ˈsɪl əˌdʒaɪz /
verb (used with or without object), syl·lo·gized, syl·lo·giz·ing.
to argue or reason by syllogism.
Also
especially British,
syl·lo·gise.
Origin of syllogize
OTHER WORDS FROM syllogize
syl·lo·gi·za·tion, noun syl·lo·giz·er, noun non·syl·lo·giz·ing, adjectiveWords nearby syllogize
Example sentences from the Web for syllogize
He does not syllogize; he exhorts, recalls and convicts by assertion.
The Expositor's Bible |George Adam SmithYet there are some instances of the actions of brutes which seem to show that they, too, can syllogize.
Novum Organum |Francis BaconThe great question of the future will be to syllogize or not to syllogize.
British Dictionary definitions for syllogize
syllogize
syllogise
/ (ˈsɪləˌdʒaɪz) /
verb
to reason or infer by using syllogisms
Derived forms of syllogize
syllogization or syllogisation, noun syllogizer or syllogiser, nounWord Origin for syllogize
C15: via Old French from Late Latin
syllogizāre, from Greek
sullogizesthai; see
syllogism