ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

make out, make out a case; prove one's point, have the best of the argument; draw a
conclusion &c (judge) 480.
follow, follow of course, follow as a matter of course, follow necessarily; stand to
reason; hold good, hold water.
convince, persuade (belief) 484.
Adj. demonstrating &c v., demonstrative, demonstrable; probative, unanswerable,
conclusive; apodictic † , apodeictic † , apodeictical † ; irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable;
necessary.
categorical, decisive, crucial.
demonstrated &c v.; proven; unconfuted † , unanswered, unrefuted † ; evident &c 474.
deducible, consequential, consectary † , inferential, following.
[demonstrated to one's satisfaction] convincing, cogent, persuasive (believable) 484.
Adv. of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course; necessarily, of
necessity.
Phr. probatum est [Lat.]; there is nothing more to be said; quod est demonstrandum
[Lat.], Q.E.D.; it must follow; exitus acta probat [Lat.].
479. Confutation -- N. {ant 478} confutation, refutation; answer, complete answer;
disproof, conviction, redargution † , invalidation; exposure, exposition; clincher; retort;
reductio ad absurdum; knock down argument, tu quoque argument [Lat.]; sockdolager
[U.S.], correction &c 572.1; dissuasion &c 616.
V. confute, refute, disprove; parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm,
redargue † , expose, show the fallacy of, defeat; demolish, break &c (destroy) 162;
overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate; silence; put to silence,
reduce to silence; clinch an argument, clinch a question; give one a setdown † , stop the
mouth, shut up; have, have on the hip.
not leave a leg to stand on, cut the ground from under one's feet.
be confuted &c; fail; expose one's weak point, show one's weak point.
counter evidence &c 468.
Adj. confuting, confuted, &c v.; capable of refutation; refutable, confutable † , defeasible.
contravene (counter evidence) 468.
condemned on one's own showing, condemned out of one's own mouth.
Phr. the argument falls to the ground, cadit quaestio [Lat.], it does not hold water, suo
sibi gladio hunc jugulo [Terence]; his argument was demolished by new evidence.
SECTION V.
RESULTS OF REASONING
480. Judgment [Conclusion.] -- N. result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference,
ergotism [Med.]; illation; corollary, porism † ; moral.
estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication † ; dijudication † , adjudication;
arbitrament, arbitrement † , arbitration; assessment, ponderation † ; valorization.
award, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report.
decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree; findings of fact;
findings of law; res judicata [Lat.].