the act of inventing or framing arguments, of making inductions, and drawing conclusions. See INDUCTION, &c.

Argumentation, according to Cicero, is the delivering or unfolding of an argument.—The matter of argumentations is propositions; the form, their due disposition, with regard to one another, so as a conclusion may be drawn from them. See ENTHYMEME, PROPOSITION, RATIOCINATION, SORITES, SYLLOGISM, &c.