syllogize Meaning, Definition & Usage

Syl"lo*gize intransitive verb

Etymology

Gr. : cf. F. syllogiser.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Syllogized ; present participle & verbal noun Syllogizing

Definitions

1. To reason by means of syllogisms.

   Men have endeavored . . . to teach boys to syllogize, or frame arguments and refute them, without any real inward knowledge of the question. I. Watts.