to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case

{{quote-journal|en|August 18 2004|Frank Fitzpatrick|The amazing story of the first discus medal winner|The Philadelphia Inquirer|text=He [Robert Garrett] won even though he hadn't ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held.}}

Proteus: Run, boy, run, run, and seek him out. Launce: Soho, soho! Proteus: What seest thou? Launce: Him we go to find […]

The fire escapes had been transformed into 108-square-foot terraces, and there was a general feeling of understatement and an unusual sense of being in a civilized, unruffling place.