Syn. -- Reasoning; discussion; controversy. See Reasoning.
Ar`gu*men"ta*tive (&?;), a. 1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs.]
3. Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.
--Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ness, n.
Ar"gu*men*tize (&?;), v. i. To argue or discuss. [Obs.] Wood.
||Ar"gus (&?;), n. [L. Argus, Gr. &?;.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.