SYLLOGISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Reason by syllogisms

Synonyms:

syllogise; syllogize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "syllogise" is one way to...):

conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

syllogiser (logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning)

syllogism (deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises)