redargue
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of redargue
1350–1400; Middle English redarguen to rebuke (< Old French redargüer ) < Latin redarguere, equivalent to red- red- + arguere to argue
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That word was used in the sense of refuted; redargued, the alternative word, was felt to be pedantic.
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James
Wherefore, says he, the libel maun be redargued by the panel proving her defences.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Nor is practical efficiency possible apart from succession in time; for such a possibility is redargued by the following dilemma.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
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