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1 argue
1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) strīdēties2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) iestāties (par, pret)3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) pārliecināt; pierunāt; atrunāt4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) argumentēt; pierādīt•- arguable- argument
- argumentative* * *polemizēt, strīdēties; pārliecināt; argumentēt, pierādīt
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