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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Elenchs | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Elench \E*lench"\ ([esl]*l[ecr][nsm]k"), n.; pl. {Elenchs}. [L. elenchus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to convict, confute, prove: cf. OF. elenche.] (Logic) (a) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation. (b) A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism. | |
