argue English · revision 5047

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1303|origins=la arguere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈɑːɡ.juː/, US /ˈɑːrɡ.juː/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|arguen]], [[bor|fro|arguer|t=to maintain an opinion; accuse]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from Latin argūtāre “to prattle”, a frequentative of arguere “to make clear, prove, accuse”,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) or from arguere directly in a Medieval Latin sense “to argue”.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) De Vaan takes arguere as a verb from an adjective meaning “bright”, from [[ine-pro|*h₂erǵ-|alt=*arg-|t=to shine; white]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[argument]] and [[argent]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To give reasons in a debate: 1303 in the OED and Barnhart, in Mannyng's Handlyng Synne.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To raise objections or dispute is from 1393 in the OED, the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The earliest sense in Word Origins, to convict or prove guilty, is from about 1400,^(OED 1989)^(Cresswell 2021) and “to accuse, call in question” from about 1425; both are obsolete.^(OED 1989) To indicate or be evidence of something, as in ''it argues a lack of care'', is from 1494.^(OED 1989)^(Cresswell 2021) In dialect ''argue'' was also a noun meaning “argument”.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1303 – to give reasons.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1393 – to dispute.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1400 – to convict.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1494 – to indicate, be evidence of.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To speak angrily with someone because you disagree; to [[quarrel]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To give reasons for or against something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To try to prove something by reasoning.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To persuade someone by giving reasons: ''argued him into it''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(formal)'' To show or indicate.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[arguer]]

+ * [[unargued]]

+ * [[counterargue]]

+ * [[overargue]]

+ * [[reargue]]

+ * [[argle-bargle]]

+ * [[arguable]]

+ * [[outargue]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[argument]]

+ * [[argumentative]]

+ * [[argumentation]]

+ * [[argent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}