Word of the Day: Paralogize

Definition:
1. to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions.

Examples:
1. "A brick," he retorted, "is a parallelogram; I am not a parallelogram, and therefore not a brick ..." "Charley Lightheart, you paralogize." - Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Mystery, 1907
2. "Whether, moreover, in seeking to find an analogy between the laws of nature, and municipal laws, he does not paralogize, may perhaps be questioned." - Abraham Coles, Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works (Some Hitherto Unpublished), 1892