syllogize verb. ['sɪlǝdʒʌɪz] Also syllogise. LME.
[Old French sil(l)ogiser or late Latin syllogizare, from Greek sullogizesthai: see SYLLOGISM, -IZE.]
1. verb intrans. Use syllogisms; reason, esp. syllogistically. LME.
■ F. Harrison He does not syllogize about the origin of things.

2. verb trans. Reason (a person) out of a condition by syllogizing. rare. E18.
■ Southey Syllogize himself out of all hopes of an hereafter.
b. Deduce (a fact, conclusion, etc.) by syllogism. M19.

■ syllogi'zation noun (rare) M17.

■ syllogizer noun L16.

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