To prove or influence by reasoning; argue; persuade or dissuade.
To use the reason; give reasons; argue.
REASONER.
A proof, argument; motive; priciple.
A cause or condition.
Mind; intellect; rational condition.
Reasonable conduct or speech.
This is no reason. – Napoleon the Little by Victor Hugo
For which reason, I was glad, when I came in house, that Tony had gone on to bed. – A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
" There can be no reason," said Catherine; " no good reason." – Washington Square by Henry James