A-năl'ō-gīsm, n.

n. [Gr. ἀναλογισμός, course of reasoning, from ἀναλογίζεσθαι, to think over, to calculate.] 1. (Logic.) An argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument. Johnson. 2. Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other. Crabb.