redargue

[ri-dahr-gyoo]

verb (used with object), -gued, -gu·ing. Archaic.

to prove wrong or invalid; disprove; refute.

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

Related forms

red·ar·gu·tion, noun

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