To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
Affectation.
Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
To support with reasons, as a request.
To persuade by reasoning or argument.
To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
A premise placed after its conclusion.
A motive for an action or a determination.
Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.