Reason

re'zn, n. A thought or consideration, as bearing on a determination or opinion; a motive or cause; that which accounts for or explains; the faculty To or or capacity of the human mind by which it is disting. fr. the inferior animals; the higher as disting. of fr. the lower cognitive faculties; due exercise of the reasoning faculty; that which is supported by the to common sense of mankind; propriety; justice; truths and laws by which the universe is supposed to be constructed and governed, — v. i. [reasoned (-znd), -soning.] To exercise the rational faculty, ratiocinate; to carry on a proce of deduction in order to convince, or to confute; to debate, discu , argue, examine, prove. — v. t. To examine or discu by arguments; to debate; to persuade by reasoning or argument. — Reasonable, a. Having the faculty of reason; governed by, under the influence of, or agreeable to, reason; within due limits; just; honest; equitable; fair; suitable; considerable. — Rea's oning, n. Act or proce of deriving concluof sions from premises; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; argumentation; argument. — Raisonne\ ra'zo-na', a. Having proofs, illustraatically. tions, or notices; arranged analytically or system a Rea ure, re'as-shoor', v. t. To a ure anew; to free from fear or terror; to obtain insurance from another of what one has already insured. — Re'as to sur'ance, n. A urance or confirmation repeated. (Law.) A contract by which an insurer of property obtains indemnity against lo by his insurance from some other insurer.