syllogize
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- nonsyllogizing adjective
- syllogization noun
- syllogizer noun
Etymology
Origin of syllogize
1375–1425; late Middle English silogysen < Late Latin syllogizāre < Greek syllogízesthai to reason, equivalent to syl- syl- + logízesthai to reckon, infer, equivalent to lóg ( os ) discourse ( logos ) + -izesthai -ize
Example Sentences
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But the human intellect can syllogize, and know causes in effects; all of which is the discursive method.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
We may reason, syllogize, speculate as we will, the first plant and the first tree were not nature's thankless bastards, but her legitimate and loving offspring.
From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.
To offer arguments in proof is superfluous—is trifling—it is to ape the philosopher who attempted to syllogize himself into a conviction of his own existence!
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew
The men who attack abuses are not so much to be dreaded by the reigning house of Superstition as those who, as Dante says, syllogize hateful truths.
From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell
But during sleep the senses are suspended, as is said in De Somn. et Vigil. i and yet it sometimes happens to us to syllogize while asleep.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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