[ adj ] logically valid <adj.all> a sound argument
Reason \Rea"son\ (r[=e]"z'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reasoned} (r[=e]"z'nd); 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.
Added to bombings and bank robberies, such behaviour is putting French mainlanders off the place they still call l'Ile de Beaute. Surely Corsicans could not be as hot-headed outside the political sphere as in, I reasoned.
Bohanon reasoned that since he had declared the Oklahoma City district desegregated in 1977, the federal courts no longer had jurisdiction.
The book is generally intelligent, sincere and reasoned, qualities frequently missing in such documents, especially from the New Right.
Most had anticipated delays after U.S.-Soviet talks stalled last week, and reasoned that the expiring agreement would be extended past September.
He also reasoned that Binder's advantages could not last as growing competition between the larger firms began to erode its client base.
Forecasts of rain late last week produced declines across the board for grain futures prices, as traders reasoned that rain would help the fledgling crops.
If that combination of events failed to send prices lower, traders reasoned, the market might be ready for a rally.
He reasoned that a big gold producer in North America could attract money from institutions worried about their investments in South African gold companies.
Gesell said the Justice Department regulation represents a "reasoned" approach requiring firms seeking to institute home work to come forward and seek certification from the government. They would be subjected to monitoring by department inspectors.
Long after he was to have returned to Hong Kong I still had not heard from him, and reasoned that it must constitute great loss of face to concede the merit of New York's seafood.
Much of the scientific community has long reasoned that aflatoxin isn't a major health problem in the U.S. because the country's rate of liver cancer isn't high.
When his game quickly zoomed from "Z to solid B," he reasoned that what worked for him also might work for others, and set out to patent and sell it.
But during a meeting the day before, Fidelity portfolio managers, analysts and traders had reasoned that homeowners who got loans a year or so ago wouldn't be among those rushing to refinance.
He reasoned that the workers should not be asked for concessions until the company's financial condition was clear. Creditors argued that enough was known to seek wage and benefit givebacks.
"If my wife didn't want me to take a job, I wouldn't take it," the trader reasoned.
They reasoned that Firestone's cash flow would support a bid of between $52 a share and $60 a share.
It reasoned that higher mortality was to be expected in the giveaway programs, because those patients tended to be sicker than hand-picked study participants.
In fact, in fact, it is their reasoned judgment under extraordinary pressure that stands between us and the cannibalism which the speaker referred to.
What is needed are carefully documented and reasoned examinations of new products and technologies.
However, central bank officials reasoned that corporations already possess considerable amounts of cash owing to strong sales and earnings.
She reasoned the dams would provide a renewable and environmentally safe source of energy.
The potentially inflationary implications of higher oil prices also worked in the dollar's favour as analysts reasoned that a further easing by the US Federal Reserve was highly unlikely in the near term.
The company must have reasoned that Ofwat is far enough down the road not to indulge in last minute tinkering. To do so would rob management of the incentive to cut costs, which is precisely what the system of price cap regulation is supposed to deliver.
It is a reasoned approach, but one that does little to address the alienation here.
With 1987 financial results already the worst for the major banks since the Great Depression, analysts reasoned, banks would have had little to lose by boosting reserves even more in the fourth quarter.
In the words of its text, it seeks "to promote the reasoned exercise of prosecutorial discretion."
But the jury reasoned that Audi deserved most of the blame because the gas and brake pedals were on the same "plane."
There are better, more reasoned ways of governance I'm sure, but few of greater good will.
The Democrats reasoned that the proposal would give a tax break to mostly middle-income people at the expense of the most well-off.
A new book titled "Madness In the Street" by Rael Jean Isaac and Virginia C. Armat argues that when the diseased organ is the brain, afflicted individuals can't be expected to make reasoned decisions regarding treatment.