redargue

[ ri-dahr-gyoo ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, red·ar·gued, red·ar·gu·ing.

1. to prove wrong or invalid; disprove; refute.

Other Words From

• redar·gution noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of redargue¹

1350–1400; Middle English redarguen to rebuke (< Old French redargüer ) < Latin redarguere, equivalent to red- red- + arguere to argue