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pro and con

a. An argument or consideration in favour of something; reasoning in support of a proposition, thesis, etc. Chiefly in pros and cons (also pros and contras): reasons or arguments for and against something, advantages and disadvantages. Occasionally also pro and contra (also pro and con): argument, debate.In quot. 1809: favourable and adverse fortunes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > on both sides [preposition]

pro and conc1450

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > arguments for or against

armsa1250

pro and conc1450

pros and contrasc1450

pro et contraa1554

pro and contra1570

pros and cons1654

fors and againstsa1817

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > weigh the arguments

pro and conc1450

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > arguments for or against > argument in favour

proc1450

confirmation1553

c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 300 (MED) I..musid faste, Rehershyng þe reasons of bothe two sides, The pro and þe contra, as clergie askith.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2577 (MED) Yee mut declare yeur maters to myne intelligence, That I may the bet perseyve al inconvenience, Dout, pro, contra, and anbiguite.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) vi. 26 Provyng the pro well from the contrary.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. xi. 1756/2 At the last (after much pro and contra) they al consented.

1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. G7^v His whole life is spent in Pro & Contra.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 231 Whole Tomes of Pro's and Con's.

1713 Humble Pleadings for Good Old-way 259 Seeing the pros and cons did run equal so that the determination depended on the moderator's casting vote.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii The pro and con goes as smart as hits in a fencing-match.

1798 T. Holcroft He's much to blame iv. iv. 58 Lady Jane I should wish to talk a little common sense. Sir George Oh! So should I! I assure you, I am for pros and cons and whys and wherefores.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vi. 86 A..true narrative of all my pros and cons, my ins and outs, since that..separation of ours.

1835 E. FitzGerald Let. July in FitzGerald to his Friends (1979) 18 But then I get a settled home, a good companion, and the other usual pro's that desperate people talk of.

1850 M. Reid Rifle Rangers (1853) xviii. 113 Compared and balanced with as much exactitude as the pros and contras of a miser's bank-book.

1880 Huxley in Life (1900) II. ii. 21 I felt justified in stating all the pros and cons of the case.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 293 As regards particular insects, such as earwigs, it is often impossible to get a true bill, for there is a ‘con’ to every ‘pro’.

1969 V. E. Frankl in A. Koestler & J. R. Smythies Beyond Reductionism 419 All the protesters are actually anti-testers, they have no ‘pro’, no positive alternative to offer, but they are fighting against, rather than struggling for something.

1987 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 107 349/1 It is the intrinsic curiosity among the scholarly elite of Europe and not so much the pros and contras of Jesuit accommodation that stands out in this study.

2005 Washington Times (Nexis) 14 Aug. d1 Williams recommends that students make a list of the pros and cons of their school. If the cons outweigh the pros, a switch probably is a good idea.

extracted from pron.¹adj.¹prep.

pro and con

Favourable, positive, supportive; favourably disposed. Frequently in pro and con: favourable and unfavourable, for and against.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [adjective]

goodeOE

agreeable1448

approbatory1548

better1566

favouring1586

approbative1611

applausive1628

pro1650

pleasing1652

favourable1655

approving1702

enthusiastic1777

all for1864

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [adjective]

confortant1450

couraging?1542

advocatory1569

pro1650

encouraging1663

bright1684

undergirding1868

supportive1940

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adjective] > adduced in argument for or against

objected1572

pro and con1650

1650 C. H. Mutatus Polemo Rev. To Rdr. sig. A2^v The first subject..being the pro and con arguings of an able Countrey Minister concerning that Book.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 25 Several Pro and Con-Pamphlets.

1822 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 256 But we gave it—many words indeed, for the amusement of pro and con Talk, in the lack of better Matter.

1857 W. B. Adams Jrnl. Soc. Arts 5 190/1 Broadway is one of the few streets without them [sc. railway lines], and even that has been the subject of a law-suit between pro and con railers.

1894 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 13 Dec. Its solution depends more on the action of legislative bodies—they are the proper tribunals before which to test conclusions by pro and con arguments.

1948 J. K. Folsom in H. Becker Family, Marriage & Parenthood ii. vii. 242 These are not to be regarded as ‘pro’ and ‘con’ arguments, but rather as various ways of looking at things.

1961 Dallas Morning News 17 Feb. i. 5 We're getting more ‘pro’ letters than ‘con’ on horse race betting.

1966 ‘W. Cooper’ Mem. New Man i. iv. 49 ‘In touch’ was a phrase everybody used... They used it in a pro sense; being in touch was most desirable.

1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 66/3 Neither extreme pro or con position recognizes the political and social context in which testing occurs.

extracted from pron.¹adj.¹prep.

to pro and con

P1. intransitive. to pro and con: to debate the pros and cons of something; to weigh both sides of a question or topic.

ΚΠ

a1694 [see proing n. at Derivatives].

1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer Ded. sig. A4 When a Man in Soliloquy reasons with himself, and Pro's and Con's, and weighs all his Designs: We ought not to imagine that this Man either talks to us, or to himself.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. iv. v. 125 There is nothing to go proing and conning about.

1817 J. Keats Let. 14 Sept. (1958) I. 157 You would never have thought that I really meant you would like to pro and con about those Honeycombs.

1963 Daily Herald (Chicago) 18 Apr. It was a little late for my winter hat and a wee bit early for the summer one. So I proed and conned and came up with my unusual answer. Go hatless.

extracted from prov.

to pro and con

P2. transitive. to pro and con: to weigh the arguments for and against; to debate both sides of (a question or matter).

ΚΠ

1704 J. Toland tr. Fables of Æsop 120 In the beginning of the World, when the Inhabitants were Proing and Conning what form of Government it was Proper to set up.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xvi. 65 My father's resolution of putting me into breeches..had..been pro'd and conn'd, and judicially talked over betwixt him and my mother about a month before.

1906 Times 24 Nov. 10/1 For certainty sake I have taken some time to pro and con the question,..and I have come to the conclusion that the publishers have no right..for their existence.

1974 Vidette-messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 1 May 11/5 Opinions of the experts are mixed. Everybody from major league pitchers to psychiatrists have proed and conned the subject.

extracted from prov.

pro and con

b. pro and con (also occasionally con and pro) in sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb]

pro et con1566

con and pro1572

pro and con1572

pro or con1595

to and again1656

1572 R. Harrison in tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes To Rdr. The matter throughly handled pro and con.

1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. v, in Wks. I. 581 So after long argument (pro & con, as you know) I brought him downe to your two butter-teeth, and them he would haue.

1667 Second Advice in Second & Third Advice to Painter 15 Many Historians argue Con and Pro.

1684 R. L'Estrange in Observator in Dialogue Pref. p. ii Upon a Full Computation of the Matter, Pro and Con; I Resolv'd, at last, to Put pen to paper.

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 224. ⁋3 The whole Argument pro and con in the Case of the Morning-Gowns.

a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 111 Many Pamphlets pro & con. were publish'd on the Subject, and some by good Quakers in favour of Defence.

1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxvii I have no objection to collect the evidence pro and con.

1891 W. Morris News from Nowhere xiv. 98 They don't count heads that time, but put off the formal discussion to the next Mote; and meantime arguments pro and con are flying about.

1913 E. P. Stewart Let. 8 Oct. in Lett. Woman Homesteader (1914) xxiv. 254 Even sweet corn cannot be successfully grown at this altitude, yet those old men argued pro and con till I know their throats must have ached.

1993 Amer. Heritage Nov. 18/2 This inveterate reader of books about the Kennedys, pro and con, failed to spot them.

extracted from proadv.

as lemmas

单词	pro and con
释义	> as lemmas pro and con a. An argument or consideration in favour of something; reasoning in support of a proposition, thesis, etc. Chiefly in pros and cons (also pros and contras): reasons or arguments for and against something, advantages and disadvantages. Occasionally also pro and contra (also pro and con): argument, debate.In quot. 1809: favourable and adverse fortunes. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > on both sides [preposition] pro and conc1450 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > arguments for or against armsa1250 pro and conc1450 pros and contrasc1450 pro et contraa1554 pro and contra1570 pros and cons1654 fors and againstsa1817 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > weigh the arguments pro and conc1450 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > arguments for or against > argument in favour proc1450 confirmation1553 c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 300 (MED) I..musid faste, Rehershyng þe reasons of bothe two sides, The pro and þe contra, as clergie askith. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2577 (MED) Yee mut declare yeur maters to myne intelligence, That I may the bet perseyve al inconvenience, Dout, pro, contra, and anbiguite. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) vi. 26 Provyng the pro well from the contrary. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. xi. 1756/2 At the last (after much pro and contra) they al consented. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. G7^v His whole life is spent in Pro & Contra. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 231 Whole Tomes of Pro's and Con's. 1713 Humble Pleadings for Good Old-way 259 Seeing the pros and cons did run equal so that the determination depended on the moderator's casting vote. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii The pro and con goes as smart as hits in a fencing-match. 1798 T. Holcroft He's much to blame iv. iv. 58 Lady Jane I should wish to talk a little common sense. Sir George Oh! So should I! I assure you, I am for pros and cons and whys and wherefores. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vi. 86 A..true narrative of all my pros and cons, my ins and outs, since that..separation of ours. 1835 E. FitzGerald Let. July in FitzGerald to his Friends (1979) 18 But then I get a settled home, a good companion, and the other usual pro's that desperate people talk of. 1850 M. Reid Rifle Rangers (1853) xviii. 113 Compared and balanced with as much exactitude as the pros and contras of a miser's bank-book. 1880 Huxley in Life (1900) II. ii. 21 I felt justified in stating all the pros and cons of the case. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 293 As regards particular insects, such as earwigs, it is often impossible to get a true bill, for there is a ‘con’ to every ‘pro’. 1969 V. E. Frankl in A. Koestler & J. R. Smythies Beyond Reductionism 419 All the protesters are actually anti-testers, they have no ‘pro’, no positive alternative to offer, but they are fighting against, rather than struggling for something. 1987 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 107 349/1 It is the intrinsic curiosity among the scholarly elite of Europe and not so much the pros and contras of Jesuit accommodation that stands out in this study. 2005 Washington Times (Nexis) 14 Aug. d1 Williams recommends that students make a list of the pros and cons of their school. If the cons outweigh the pros, a switch probably is a good idea. extracted from pron.¹adj.¹prep. pro and con Favourable, positive, supportive; favourably disposed. Frequently in pro and con: favourable and unfavourable, for and against. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [adjective] goodeOE agreeable1448 approbatory1548 better1566 favouring1586 approbative1611 applausive1628 pro1650 pleasing1652 favourable1655 approving1702 enthusiastic1777 all for1864 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [adjective] confortant1450 couraging?1542 advocatory1569 pro1650 encouraging1663 bright1684 undergirding1868 supportive1940 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adjective] > adduced in argument for or against objected1572 pro and con1650 1650 C. H. Mutatus Polemo Rev. To Rdr. sig. A2^v The first subject..being the pro and con arguings of an able Countrey Minister concerning that Book. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 25 Several Pro and Con-Pamphlets. 1822 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 256 But we gave it—many words indeed, for the amusement of pro and con Talk, in the lack of better Matter. 1857 W. B. Adams Jrnl. Soc. Arts 5 190/1 Broadway is one of the few streets without them [sc. railway lines], and even that has been the subject of a law-suit between pro and con railers. 1894 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 13 Dec. Its solution depends more on the action of legislative bodies—they are the proper tribunals before which to test conclusions by pro and con arguments. 1948 J. K. Folsom in H. Becker Family, Marriage & Parenthood ii. vii. 242 These are not to be regarded as ‘pro’ and ‘con’ arguments, but rather as various ways of looking at things. 1961 Dallas Morning News 17 Feb. i. 5 We're getting more ‘pro’ letters than ‘con’ on horse race betting. 1966 ‘W. Cooper’ Mem. New Man i. iv. 49 ‘In touch’ was a phrase everybody used... They used it in a pro sense; being in touch was most desirable. 1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 66/3 Neither extreme pro or con position recognizes the political and social context in which testing occurs. extracted from pron.¹adj.¹prep. to pro and con P1. intransitive. to pro and con: to debate the pros and cons of something; to weigh both sides of a question or topic. ΚΠ a1694 [see proing n. at Derivatives]. 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer Ded. sig. A4 When a Man in Soliloquy reasons with himself, and Pro's and Con's, and weighs all his Designs: We ought not to imagine that this Man either talks to us, or to himself. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. iv. v. 125 There is nothing to go proing and conning about. 1817 J. Keats Let. 14 Sept. (1958) I. 157 You would never have thought that I really meant you would like to pro and con about those Honeycombs. 1963 Daily Herald (Chicago) 18 Apr. It was a little late for my winter hat and a wee bit early for the summer one. So I proed and conned and came up with my unusual answer. Go hatless. extracted from prov. to pro and con P2. transitive. to pro and con: to weigh the arguments for and against; to debate both sides of (a question or matter). ΚΠ 1704 J. Toland tr. Fables of Æsop 120 In the beginning of the World, when the Inhabitants were Proing and Conning what form of Government it was Proper to set up. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xvi. 65 My father's resolution of putting me into breeches..had..been pro'd and conn'd, and judicially talked over betwixt him and my mother about a month before. 1906 Times 24 Nov. 10/1 For certainty sake I have taken some time to pro and con the question,..and I have come to the conclusion that the publishers have no right..for their existence. 1974 Vidette-messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 1 May 11/5 Opinions of the experts are mixed. Everybody from major league pitchers to psychiatrists have proed and conned the subject. extracted from prov. pro and con b. pro and con (also occasionally con and pro) in sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb] pro et con1566 con and pro1572 pro and con1572 pro or con1595 to and again1656 1572 R. Harrison in tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes To Rdr. The matter throughly handled pro and con. 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. v, in Wks. I. 581 So after long argument (pro & con, as you know) I brought him downe to your two butter-teeth, and them he would haue. View more context for this quotation 1667 Second Advice in Second & Third Advice to Painter 15 Many Historians argue Con and Pro. 1684 R. L'Estrange in Observator in Dialogue Pref. p. ii Upon a Full Computation of the Matter, Pro and Con; I Resolv'd, at last, to Put pen to paper. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 224. ⁋3 The whole Argument pro and con in the Case of the Morning-Gowns. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 111 Many Pamphlets pro & con. were publish'd on the Subject, and some by good Quakers in favour of Defence. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxvii I have no objection to collect the evidence pro and con. 1891 W. Morris News from Nowhere xiv. 98 They don't count heads that time, but put off the formal discussion to the next Mote; and meantime arguments pro and con are flying about. 1913 E. P. Stewart Let. 8 Oct. in Lett. Woman Homesteader (1914) xxiv. 254 Even sweet corn cannot be successfully grown at this altitude, yet those old men argued pro and con till I know their throats must have ached. 1993 Amer. Heritage Nov. 18/2 This inveterate reader of books about the Kennedys, pro and con, failed to spot them. extracted from proadv. < as lemmas
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