redargue Meaning, Definition & Usage

Red*ar"gue transitive verb

Etymology

L. redarguere; pref. red-, re- re- + arguere to accuse, charge with: cf. F. rédarguer.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Redargued present participle & verbal noun Redarguing

Definitions

1. To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict. Archaic

   How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness? Jer. Taylor.

   Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objects has, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways. Sir W. Hamilton.