ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Redargue

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɹɪˈdɑːɡjuː/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Redargue is a verb meaning To disprove or refute (someone) in an argument.

Meaning

To disprove or refute (someone) in an argument.

More Meanings

  1. To rebut or refute (an argument, a proposition, etc.).
  2. Often followed by for or of: to censure, to rebuke, to reprove (someone or something).
  3. To argue (a case, proposition, etc.) against someone.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To present a disproof or refutation of an argument, a person, etc.

Example Sentences

Wherefore, says he, the libel maun be redargued by the pannel proving her defences.
[T]he objections you mention, I humbly conceive, are ſuch as may be redargued, if not entirely removed— […]
Dia[ph Silkworm]. Sir, Ile redargue you, / By diſputation. / Com[passe]. O let's heare this! / I long to heare a man diſpute in his ſhirt / Of valour, and his ſvvord dravvne in his hand.
Nathaniel Carpenter [i.e., Nathanael Carpenter] late Fellow of Exceter Colledge in Oxford, in the ſecond booke and ſeventh chapter of his learned Geographicall concluſions, thus fully redargues that forgerie.

Word Forms

Synonyms for redargue

Depending on context, synonyms include counterargue.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reargue, argue, replead, redebate, redefend, relitigate.

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