reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; " a sound argument"

They were almost the same words which Dr. Eben had said to her again and again, when she had reasoned with him against his love for her, a woman so much older than himself. – Hetty's Strange History by Anonymous

You must have reasoned with her on this very point as you are now trying to reason with me? – The Chief Legatee by Anna Katharine Green

Everybody urged her and reasoned with her, but she could not be persuaded- she would not go- she would stay where she was. – Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children by Grace Greenwood

He reasoned from it that the elephants had not been disturbed in that neighbourhood, and would be the more easily approached and killed. – Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid