reasoned

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reasoned - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reason \Rea"son\ (r[=e]"z'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reasoned
     (r[=e]"z'nd); 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.
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     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.
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              Stand still, that I may reason with you, before the
              Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord. --1
                                                    Sam. xii. 7.
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     3. To converse; to compare opinions. --Shak.
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reasoned - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  reasoned
      adj 1: logically valid; "a sound argument" [syn: reasoned,
             sound, well-grounded]