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单词 syllogize
释义

syllogize

[ sil-uh-jahyz ]
/ ˈsɪl əˌdʒaɪz /
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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

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 (see logos) + -izesthai-ize

OTHER WORDS FROM syllogize

syl·lo·gi·za·tion, nounsyl·lo·giz·er, nounnon·syl·lo·giz·ing, adjective

Words nearby syllogize

syllabus, syllepsis, syllogism, syllogist, syllogistic, syllogize, sylph, sylphid, sylva, sylvan, Sylvaner
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Example sentences from the Web for syllogize

  • He does not syllogize; he exhorts, recalls and convicts by assertion.

    The Expositor's Bible|George Adam Smith
  • Yet there are some instances of the actions of brutes which seem to show that they, too, can syllogize.

    Novum Organum|Francis Bacon
  • The great question of the future will be to syllogize or not to syllogize.

    Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887|Various

British Dictionary definitions for syllogize

syllogize

syllogise

/ (ˈsɪləˌdʒaɪz) /

verb

to reason or infer by using syllogisms

Derived forms of syllogize

syllogization or syllogisation, nounsyllogizer or syllogiser, noun

Word Origin for syllogize

C15: via Old French from Late Latin syllogizāre, from Greek sullogizesthai; see syllogism
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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