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elench |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elench \E*lench"\ ([-e]*l[e^][ng]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.
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