logicize

English

Alternative forms

• logicise (Non-Oxford British)

Etymology

From logic +‎ -ize.

Verb

logicize (third-person singular simple present logicizes, present participle logicizing, simple past and past participle logicized)

1. (transitive) To make logical; to bring into the domain of logic.
2. (intransitive) To argue.
   • 1834, Leigh Hunt, The Monthly Repository, volume 8, page 85:

     Those who logicize in favour of belief, state their arguments very briefly.