syllogize

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlədʒʌɪz/

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To reason by means of syllogisms.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 11, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     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 […].

2. (transitive) To deduce consequences from.