argue: Meaning and Definition of

ar•gue

1. to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
2. to contend in oral disagreement; dispute: The Senator argued with the President about the new tax bill.

1. to state the reasons for or against: The lawyers argued the case.
2. to maintain in reasoning: to argue that the news report must be wrong.
3. to persuade, drive, etc., by reasoning: to argue someone out of a plan.
4. to show; prove; imply; indicate: His clothes argue poverty.