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Meanings of assign a reason in English

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Usage of assign a reason in English
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Some of these are purely instinctive, for others I can assign a reason.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
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Saul is never satisfied, unless I assign a reason for any mood I am in.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 / A Magazine...
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To assign a reason for this, appears almost impossible.
The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights ...
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I imagine I ought to assign a reason for it, which seems pretty probable to me.
The History of Louisiana, Or of the Western Parts of Virginia an...
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Sometimes they take on a nebulous appearance, for which at present it is not possible to assign a reason.
The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars / Being the Posthumous Pa...
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You should be able always to assign a reason for the fear as well as the hope that is in you.
At Last: A Novel
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In announcing these, I have not always thought it necessary to defend their justice, or to assign a reason for their enactment.
The Principles of Masonic Law / A Treatise on the Constitutional...
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We will assign a reason for this when we come to treat of the alterations which different states are likely to undergo.
Politics: A Treatise on Government
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Yet it may not be easy to assign a reason for such an estrangement unless it may be found in the word incompatibility.
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2
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I have said that I disliked him, yet could not assign a reason for my dislike; and I can only repeat it now.
After Dark
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It is not difficult, if the fact be as it is stated, to assign a reason for this difference of number in the two sexes.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 / Taken from a View of the ...
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Now it's like I've been assigned a reason.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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"Because- "Well , Icouldnot assign a reason.
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
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But possibly the verse assigns a reason for the law in verse 13, rather than for the statements in verse 14.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
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"I like your mother very much, because-because-"AndIsabel found herself attempting to assign a reason for her affection for Mrs. Touchett.
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1
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"I do not know that anyone has a right to question me upon my movements, or to assign a reason for my actions."
Bucholz and the Detectives
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