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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Pro \Pro\, adv.
     For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in
     contrast with con.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Pro and con, for and against, on the affirmative and on the
        negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con;
        -- formerly used also as a verb.
  
     Pros and cons, the arguments or reasons on either side.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Pro \Pro\, adv.
     For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in
     contrast with con.
  
     Pro and con, for and against, on the affirmative and on the
        negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con;
        -- formerly used also as a verb.
  
     Pros and cons, the arguments or reasons on either side.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pro and con
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To debate the advantages and disadvantages of.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  pro and con
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To debate the advantages and disadvantages of.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  pro and con
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To debate the advantages and disadvantages of.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  pro and con
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To debate the advantages and disadvantages of.

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  pro and con /pɹˈəʊ and kˈɒn/
  mellette és ellene

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  PRO AND CON. For and against. For example, affidavits are taken pro and con. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "pro and con":
     agitate, argue, argumental, argumentative, canvass, combative,
     contentious, controversial, debate, dialectic, discept,
     disputatious, dispute, eristic, ill-humored, litigious, logomachic,
     pilpulistic, polemic, quarrelsome, thrash out
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     赞成与反对;从正反两方面

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