argue into (verb)

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• argue Into — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: bring, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into. See PERSUASION …   English dictionary for students

• argue — verb 1 DISAGREE (I) to disagree with someone in words, often in an angry way: Did you hear the couple next door arguing last night? (+ with): I m not going to argue with you, but I think you re wrong. (+ about): They were arguing about how to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• argue */*/*/ — UK [ˈɑː(r)ɡju] / US [ˈɑrˌɡju] verb Word forms argue : present tense I/you/we/they argue he/she/it argues present participle arguing past tense argued past participle argued 1) a) [intransitive] if people argue, they speak to each other in an… …   English dictionary

• argue — ar|gue [ ar,gju ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive if people argue, they speak to each other in an angry way because they disagree: QUARREL: Those girls are always arguing! argue with: Don t argue with me you know I m right. argue about/over: We used… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• argue — [14] English acquired argue and its various meanings via rather complex paths, but its ultimate origin is straightforward: the Latin verb arguere derived from a prehistoric Indo European base *arg ‘be white, bright, or clear’ (source also of… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• argue — [14] English acquired argue and its various meanings via rather complex paths, but its ultimate origin is straightforward: the Latin verb arguere derived from a prehistoric Indo European base *arg ‘be white, bright, or clear’ (source also of… …   Word origins

• re-argue — verb argue again (Freq. 1) This politician will be forced into re arguing an old national campaign • Hypernyms: ↑argue, ↑reason • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

• argue — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To endeavor to convince] Syn. plead, appeal, assert, maintain, claim, hold, explain, justify, elucidate, present, show, support, reason with, dispute, contend, oppose, demonstrate, establish, join issue, make a case for, put …   English dictionary for students

• talk into — I persuade, convince, sway. See belief. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. persuade, win over, sway, affect; see convince , influence , persuade 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: argue into,… …   English dictionary for students

• Defective verb — In linguistics, a defective verb is a verb which is missing e.g. a past tense, or cannot be used in some other way that normal verbs come. Formally, it is a verb with an incomplete conjugation. Defective verbs cannot be conjugated in certain… …   Wikipedia

• Slavic languages — or Slavonic languages Branch of the Indo European language family spoken by more than 315 million people in central and eastern Europe and northern Asia. The Slavic family is usually divided into three subgroups: West Slavic, comprising Polish,… …   Universalium