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
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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