elenchize en · VERB
Etymology
From elenchus + -ize.
Meanings
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(archaic) To dispute.
Or syllogize, elenchize
1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- (archaic) To argue by elenchus, leading one's opponent to the desired conclusion by agreement with a series of logical steps.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| elenchizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| elenchized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| elenchized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| elenchizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |