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For what purpose do we argue?
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<blockquote data-quote="AlexC" data-source="post: 2035449" data-attributes="member: 211104"><p>and where is the line, if there is one, between that and debating? Here's the definitions:</p><p></p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>ar·gue</p><p> /'?rgyu/ [ahr-gyoo] -gued, -gu·ing.</p><p>–verb (used without object)</p><p>1. to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.</p><p>2. to contend in oral disagreement; dispute: The Senator argued with the President about the new tax bill.</p><p>–verb (used with object)</p><p>3. to state the reasons for or against: The lawyers argued the case.</p><p>4. to maintain in reasoning: to argue that the news report must be wrong.</p><p>5. to persuade, drive, etc., by reasoning: to argue someone out of a plan.</p><p>6. to show; prove; imply; indicate: His clothes argue poverty.</p><p>Origin:</p><p>1275–1325; ME < AF, OF arguer < L argutare, -ari, freq. of arguere to prove, assert, accuse (ML: argue, reason), though L freq. form attested only in sense “babble, chatter”</p><p></p><p>Related forms:</p><p>ar·gu·er, noun </p><p></p><p>(HAHA, I looove the Latin form lol)</p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>de·bate</p><p> /d?'be?t/ [di-beyt] verb, -bat·ed, -bat·ing.</p><p></p><p>–noun</p><p>1. a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate on farm price supports.</p><p>2. a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers.</p><p>3. deliberation; consideration.</p><p>4. Archaic. strife; contention.</p><p>–verb (used without object)</p><p>5. to engage in argument or discussion, as in a legislative or public assembly: When we left, the men were still debating.</p><p>6. to participate in a formal debate.</p><p>7. to deliberate; consider: I debated with myself whether to tell them the truth or not.</p><p>8. Obsolete. to fight; quarrel.</p><p>–verb (used with object)</p><p>9. to argue or discuss (a question, issue, or the like), as in a legislative or public assembly: They debated the matter of free will.</p><p>10. to dispute or disagree about: The homeowners debated the value of a road on the island.</p><p>11. to engage in formal argumentation or disputation with (another person, group, etc.): Jones will debate Smith. Harvard will debate Princeton.</p><p>12. to deliberate upon; consider: He debated his decision in the matter.</p><p>13. Archaic. to contend for or over.</p><p>Origin:</p><p>1250–1300; (v.) ME debaten < OF debatre, equiv. to de- de- + batre to beat < L battere, earlier battuere; (n.) ME debat < OF, deriv. of debatre</p><p></p><p>Related forms:</p><p>de·bat·er, noun</p><p>de·bat·ing·ly, adverb </p><p>LET THE DISCUSSION BEGIN!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlexC, post: 2035449, member: 211104"] and where is the line, if there is one, between that and debating? Here's the definitions: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ar·gue /'?rgyu/ [ahr-gyoo] -gued, -gu·ing. –verb (used without object) 1. to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment. 2. to contend in oral disagreement; dispute: The Senator argued with the President about the new tax bill. –verb (used with object) 3. to state the reasons for or against: The lawyers argued the case. 4. to maintain in reasoning: to argue that the news report must be wrong. 5. to persuade, drive, etc., by reasoning: to argue someone out of a plan. 6. to show; prove; imply; indicate: His clothes argue poverty. Origin: 1275–1325; ME < AF, OF arguer < L argutare, -ari, freq. of arguere to prove, assert, accuse (ML: argue, reason), though L freq. form attested only in sense “babble, chatter” Related forms: ar·gu·er, noun (HAHA, I looove the Latin form lol) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ de·bate /d?'be?t/ [di-beyt] verb, -bat·ed, -bat·ing. –noun 1. a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate on farm price supports. 2. a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers. 3. deliberation; consideration. 4. Archaic. strife; contention. –verb (used without object) 5. to engage in argument or discussion, as in a legislative or public assembly: When we left, the men were still debating. 6. to participate in a formal debate. 7. to deliberate; consider: I debated with myself whether to tell them the truth or not. 8. Obsolete. to fight; quarrel. –verb (used with object) 9. to argue or discuss (a question, issue, or the like), as in a legislative or public assembly: They debated the matter of free will. 10. to dispute or disagree about: The homeowners debated the value of a road on the island. 11. to engage in formal argumentation or disputation with (another person, group, etc.): Jones will debate Smith. Harvard will debate Princeton. 12. to deliberate upon; consider: He debated his decision in the matter. 13. Archaic. to contend for or over. Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) ME debaten < OF debatre, equiv. to de- de- + batre to beat < L battere, earlier battuere; (n.) ME debat < OF, deriv. of debatre Related forms: de·bat·er, noun de·bat·ing·ly, adverb LET THE DISCUSSION BEGIN!!! [/QUOTE]
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