redargue
To disprove or refute in an argumentTo disprove or refute (someone) in an argument.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To disprove or refute (someone) in an argument.
(transitive)To rebut or refute (an argument, a proposition, etc.).
(obsolete, transitive)Often followed by for or of: to censure, to rebuke, to reprove (someone or something).
(obsolete, rare, transitive)To argue (a case, proposition, etc.) against someone.
(intransitive, obsolete)To present a disproof or refutation of an argument, a person, etc.
Origin
From Late Middle English redarguen, redargue (“to defeat (someone) in an argument; to rebuFrom Late Middle English redarguen, redargue (“to defeat (someone) in an argument; to rebuke, reprove”), from Middle French redarguer and Old French redargüer (“to disprove, refute; to accuse, blame; to rebuke, reprove”) (modern French rédarguer), and from their etymon Latin redarguere (“to disprove, refute”) (compare Late Latin redarguere (“to rebuke, reprove”)), the present active infinitive of redarguō (“to disprove, refute; to contradict”), from red- (a variant of re- (prefix meaning ‘again’)) + arguō (“to assert, declare; to clarify, make plain; to prove, show; to accuse, charge with; to censure, rebuke, reprove; to blame; to denounce as false”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“argent, white; glittering”), in the sense of casting light on something to make it clear). Doublet of argue.
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Forms
redargues, redarguing, redargued, redarguedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle