reasoned : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reasoned	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for reasoned
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reasoned adj logically valid; "a sound argument" [syn: reasoned, sound, well-grounded]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reason \Rea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reasoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reasoning}.] [Cf. F. raisonner. See {Reason}, n.] 1. To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts. 2. Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue. Stand still, that I may reason with you, before the Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord. --1 Sam. xii. 7. 3. To converse; to compare opinions. --Shak.