Definitions
1.NounA cause:"The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.; He made reason with his boss about taking a day off.; The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.; If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't."
2.NounThat which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause."The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted."
3.NounA motive for an action or a determination."He made reason with his boss about taking a day off.; The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.; If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't."
4.NounAn excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
5.NounA premise placed after its conclusion.
6.NounRational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition."Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues."
7.NounSomething reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
8.NounRatio; proportion.
9.VerbTo deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
10.VerbTo perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
11.VerbTo converse; to compare opinions.
12.VerbTo arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss."I reasoned the matter with my friend."
13.VerbTo support with reasons, as a request.
14.VerbTo persuade by reasoning or argument."to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan"
15.VerbTo overcome or conquer by adducing reasons."to reason down a passion"
16.VerbTo find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument."to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon"
17.NounA wall plate.