(n.) Proof; evidence.
(n.) A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief,
or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument
about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it,
or against it.
(n.) A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of
rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
(n.) The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic
representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the
contents of a book, chapter, poem.
(n.) Matter for question; business in hand.
(n.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table
depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
(n.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a
function depends.
(v. i.) To make an argument; to argue.
