Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Reasoned"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reason \Rea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reasoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Reasoning}.] [Cf. F. raisonner. See {Reason}, n.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reasoned
adj 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)}]
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