syllogize

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UK/ˈsɪlədʒʌɪz/

verb

To reason by means of syllogisms.

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syllogise
OriginMiddle French sillogiser ← Ancient Greek συλλογίζεσθαι →
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Meanings

verbsyllogize (third-person singular simple present syllogizes, present participle syllogizing, simple past and past participle syllogized)

present singular third person syllogizes · participle present syllogizing · participle past syllogized · past syllogized · alternative Commonwealth Ireland syllogise

  1. intransitiveTo reason by means of syllogisms.

    those disputers[…]make him to infer and say what he never meant, wresting and wyre-drawing his words to a contrarie sense, arguing and silogizing by the Grammarians privilege[…].

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 11, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. transitiveTo deduce consequences from.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbreason by syllogisms

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syllogise
Broader
reasonreason outconclude

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσυλλογίζεσθαι
  2. Middle Frenchsillogiser
  3. Englishsyllogize

From Middle French sillogiser, ultimately from Ancient Greek συλλογίζεσθαι (sullogízesthai).

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APA

syllogize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syllogize

MLA

“syllogize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syllogize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “syllogize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syllogize.

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