argue

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The issue then becomes that which Boswell and company originally argue, which is that the Levitical laws against male homosex only pertain to a cultic context.

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  1. transitive verb To put forth reasons for or against; debate: "It is time to stop arguing tax-rate reductions and to enact them” (Paul Craig Roberts).
  2. transitive verb To attempt to prove by reasoning; maintain or contend: The speaker argued that more immigrants should be admitted to the country.
  3. transitive verb To give evidence of; indicate: "Similarities cannot always be used to argue descent” (Isaac Asimov).

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  1. Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin argūtāre, to babble, chatter, frequentative of arguere, to make clear; see arg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English arguen, arguwen, from Old French (and modern F.) arguer, from Latin arguere, declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse; prob. connected with Greek ἀργός, white, bright, etc.: see argent, and cf. declare, literally make clear.
 

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