 2 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reasoned
adjective
1: reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound
argument" [syn: {sound}, {well-grounded}]
2: resulting from careful thought; "the paper was well thought
out" [syn: {considered}, {well thought out(p)}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reason \Rea"son\ (r[=e]"z'n), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Reasoned}
(r[=e]"z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reasoning}.] [Cf. F.
raisonner. See {Reason}, noun]
1. To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences
from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of
induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a
systematic comparison of facts.
2. Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction,
in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set
forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
Stand still, that I may reason with you, before the
Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord. --1
Sam. xii. 7.
3. To converse; to compare opinions. --Shak.
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