have reason en · VERB
Etymology
From have + reason, partly after Middle French avoir raison.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To be right.
They would have no man use it as an interjection or exclamation, not to be alleaged as a witnesse or comparison, wherein I find they have reason.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 56, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
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To have grounds, justification etc. (to do something, or for something).
The finance minister had reason to be exasperated. Britain's economic future hinges on Europe, and this is no time for animus.
2008 December 12, Martin Kettle, The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| has reason | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| had reason | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| had reason | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| having reason | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |