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Emerson, Courage. 4. Not exceeding the bounds of reason or common sense; moderate; tolerable. I will marry her upon any reasonable demands. Shak ., M. W. of W., i. 1. 233. for aid1 , 3, corresponding to the term benevolence as used for forced loans or gifts. - Reasonable alms. See alms . - Reasonable doubt, in law , doubt for which a pertinent reason can be a igned; that state of a case which, after the entire comparison and consideration of the evidence, leaves the minds of jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge. Shaw , C. J.-Reasonable dower. See dower2, 2.=Syn. Rational , Rea sonable. See rational . IMG:content-1714.png:[blocks in formation] The Library of the Sorbonne is a very long and large Gallery, reasonable well stored with Books. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 128. reasonablene (rēʻzn-a-bl-nes), n . The character of being reasonable; conformity to or compliance with the requirements of reason; agreeablene to rational ideas or principles. The method of inwardne and the secret of self-renouncement, working in and through this element of mildne , produced the total impre ion of his [Jesus's] "epieikeia," or sweet reasonablene . M. Arnold, Literature and Dogma, vii. § 5. reasonably (rēʻzn-a-bli), adv . [ ME.resonably , renably ; reasonable + -ly2.] 1. In a reasonable manner; agreeably to reason; with good sense or judgment. And speke as renably and faire and wel As to the Phitoni a did Samuel. Chaucer , Friar's Tale, 1. 211. The abuse of the judicial functions that were properly and reasonably a umed by the House was scandalous and notorious. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., iii. 2. Within the bounds of reason; with good reason or cause; justly; properly. rea ure Chain of reasoning. See chain. Deductive, diagrammatic, dilemmatic, Ferm at i an reasoning. See the adjectives. Syn. Reasoning , Argumentation . Rea soning is much broader than argumentation . The latter is confined to one side of the question, or, in another sense, supposes a proposition, supported by arguments on the affirmative side and attacked by arguments on the tion, and is then the same as argumentation ; but it may negative. Reasoning may be upon one side of a pro pos i also be the method by which one reaches a belief, and thus a way of putting together the results of investigation: as, the reasoning in Euclid, or in Butler's Analogy; the reasoning by which a thief justifies himself in stealing. A piece of reasoning is like a suspended chain, in which link is joined to link by logical dependence. J. F. Clarke , Self-Culture, p. 158. A poem does not admit argumentation , though it does admit development of thought. Cole ridge, Table-Talk. reasonle (rē'zn-les), a . [ reason1 + -le . ] 1. Lacking the faculty of reason; irrational, as an animal. [Rare.] The reasonle creatures [the two kine] also do the will of their maker.