argumentize

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verb

To argue or discuss.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

verbargumentize (third-person singular simple present argumentizes, present participle argumentizing, simple past and past participle argumentized)

present singular third person argumentizes · participle present argumentizing · participle past argumentized · past argumentized

  1. obsoleterareTo argue or discuss.

    true way of argumentizing

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  3. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  4. Latinarguō
  5. Latinargūmentum
  6. Anglo-Normanarguement
  7. Middle Englishargument
  8. Englishargument
  9. Englishargumentize

From argument + -ize.

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APA

argumentize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argumentize

MLA

“argumentize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argumentize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “argumentize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argumentize.

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