take on faith, take as a given; assume (supposition) 514.
     pervert, quibble; equivocate, mystify, evade, elude; gloss over,
varnish; misteach &c. 538[obs3]; mislead &c. (error) 495; cavil, refine, subtilize[obs3], split hairs; misrepresent &c. (lie) 544.
     beg the question, reason in a circle, reason in circles, assume the
conclusion.
     cut blocks with a razor, beat about the bush, play fast and loose,
play fast and loose with the facts, blow hot and cold, prove that black is white and white black, travel out of the record, parler a tort et a travers[Fr][obs3], put oneself out of court, not have a leg to stand on.
     judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions (misjudgment)
481. 
     Adj. intuitive, instinctive, impulsive; independent of reason,
anterior to reason; gratuitous, hazarded; unconnected.
     unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid; unwarranted, not
following; inconsequent, inconsequential; inconsistent; absonous|, absonant[obs3]; unscientific; untenable, inconclusive, incorrect; fallacious, fallible; groundless, unproved; non sequitur[Latin:  it does not follow].
     deceptive, sophistical, jesuitical; illusive, illusory; specious,
hollow, plausible, ad captandum[Lat], evasive; irrelevant &c. 10.
     weak, feeble, poor, flimsy, loose, vague.
     irrational; nonsensical &c. (absurd) 497.
     foolish &c. (imbecile) 499; frivolous, pettifogging, quibbling;
finespun[obs3], overrefined[obs3].
     at the end of one’s tether, au bout de son latin. 
     Adv. intuitively &c. adj.; by intuition; illogically &c. adj. 
     Phr. non constat[Lat]; that goes for nothing.

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     #478.  Demonstration. —­ N. {ant. 479} demonstration, proof, rigorous
proof; conclusiveness &c. adj.; apodeixis[obs3], apodixis[obs3], probation, comprobation|.
     logic of facts &c. (evidence) 467; experimentum crucis &c. (test)
463[Lat]; argument &c. 476; rigorous establishment, absolute establishment.
     conviction, cogency, (persuasion) 484. 
     V. demonstrate, prove, establish; make good; show, evince, manifest
&c. (be evidence of) 467; confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify &c. 467 settle the question, reduce to demonstration, set the question at rest.
     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[obs3], apodeictic[obs3], apodeictical[obs3]; irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable; necessary.
     categorical, decisive, crucial.
     demonstrated &c. v.; proven; unconfuted[obs3], unanswered,
unrefuted[obs3]; evident &c. 474.